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.

a message from Rex telling me what was going on at your end. hope you weren’t given too much trouble at the Lu residence?”

gaze from his book and looked at

husband was talking about. She looked at him speechlessly for some time before she burst out into a pile of

for the decision he made. If he had known he wouldn’t have taken the Job from code 2, however, he did that because he wanted Jeslyn to see that he is

he was in coma, he could hear words whenever she came to visit him. The days that only his master would drop by, he man would threaten to start his funeral If he

5 knew that his master cared about his health and was worried that his wife would

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

brought down the divider and tried to focus on the road but the image of the

coming to

to do. The

after a while but

asked him, “Tell me, how did your meeting go? Rex sent me a message and told me what

in no time, he unzipped her gown from behind, catching Jeslyn

her neck and

was going

“Plum-”

she could speak further, he sealed her

quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily from what she was

they got home, he finally decided it was time to answer her question.

death… Your mother–in–law is mentally exhausted and has been sent to a

eyes and shook her head, “You don’t look

and brushed her messy hair back, “Your

come?

“His birth mother.”

gone crazy?” she raged.

he replied while soothing her hair.

few times. “What did

she’s crazy. I felt so too, so I sent her