Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

384 Paying his debt.

After the charity event, Jeslyn left to find her husband’s car waiting for her at the parking lot. Full of happiness, she ditched her friends and hurried to him. Before she could get closer, Code 5 got out and opened the car door for her. (

“Code 5?” She was stunned when she saw him.

The guy bowed, “At your service, Madam.”

“It’s really you!” Excited, Jeslyn almost hugged him but Code 5 was quick enough to stop her.

Inside the tinted car, Maverick, who was reading a book, closed it while looking at his wife who almost hugged another man in his presence.

A few moments later, Jeslyn entered the car only to come face to face with her husband’s dark looks. It Startled her for a moment.

“Plum?” she called, uncertain about why he looked gloomy.

“Hm.. you are done,” he said passively,

Jeslyn looked at him skeptically for a moment before she smiled. “You don’t look happy.”

Maverick ignored her and turned his gaze to code 5, “Take a few days break to heal.”

Code 5 glanced at his boss from the rear mirror before nodding, “Yes master…”

Jeslyn was dazed. She couldn’t Place fingers on why he’d suddenly give Code 5 who just returned to work after so long, off days. Whatever, that’s not her problem.

As the car drove quietly across the city, Jeslyn broke the silence.

Rex telling me what was going on at your end. hope you weren’t given

his book and looked at his wife.

She looked

from code 2, however, he

visit him. The days that only his master would drop by, he man would threaten to start his funeral If he didn’t wake up soon.

people, Code 5 knew that his master cared about his health and was worried that his wife

softly. He was carried away by his thoughts for a while. After not hearing their voices anymore, he glanced at the rear mirror only to see the two

focus on

to

was at a loss for what to do. The dog

while but Maverick was

save some shame until we get home…” She whispered. Holding his handsome face, she asked him, “Tell me, how did your

in no time, he unzipped

he kissed her

gasped. This was

“Plum-”

further, he sealed her lips.

from Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily from what she was doing to him.

sustain him until they got home, he finally decided

courting death… Your mother–in–law is mentally exhausted and has

emotionless eyes and shook her head, “You don’t look happy with your achievement. You are hiding things from me, what happened?”

and brushed her messy hair back, “Your

How come? By

“His birth mother.”

woman gone crazy?” she raged.

replied while soothing her hair.

blinked a few times. “What did you do

I felt so too, so