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.

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

his book and looked at his

few seconds to register what her husband was talking about. She looked at him speechlessly for some time before she burst out into a

2, however, he did that because he wanted Jeslyn to see that he is fine

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

people, Code 5 knew that his master cared about his health

not hearing their voices anymore, he

tried to focus on the road but the image

coming to

for what to do. The dog food he

two disengaged after a while but Maverick was crazy

him, “Tell me, how did your meeting go? Rex

hand moved over her body and in no time, he unzipped her gown from behind,

kissed her

gasped. This was going

“Plum-”

speak further, he

with quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily from what she was doing to him.

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

mother–in–law is mentally exhausted and has been sent to a hospital,” he replied.

at his emotionless eyes and shook her head, “You don’t look happy with your achievement.

shifted his gaze to her and brushed her messy

How come?

“His birth mother.”

gone crazy?” she raged.

while soothing

times. “What did you do to

said she’s crazy. I felt so too, so I sent her to a hospital-”