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.

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

his gaze from his book and looked at his wife. “You wanted

took a few seconds to register what her husband was talking about. She looked at him speechlessly for some time

started blaming him 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 fine now and also, to make things easier for Code 2. Who was meant to stay

only his master would drop by,

cared about his health and was worried

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

to focus on the

coming to his

what to do. The dog food

a while but Maverick was

until we get home…” She whispered. Holding his handsome face, she asked him, “Tell me, how did your meeting go?

over her body and in no time, he unzipped her

good,” he kissed her

gasped. This was

“Plum-”

further, he sealed

into another hot section of foreplay with quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily from what she

had had enough to sustain him until they got home, he finally decided it was time to

ancestors of my Lu family are courting death… Your mother–in–law is

her head, “You don’t look happy with your

gaze to her and brushed her messy hair back, “Your brother–in–law

How come?

“His birth mother.”

gone crazy?” she

tomorrow,” he replied while soothing

she blinked a few times. “What did

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