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.

received a message from Rex telling me what was going on at your end. hope you

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

looked at him speechlessly for some time before she burst out into

from code 2, however, he did that because

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 didn’t wake

knew that his master cared about his health and was worried that his wife would keep coming to the hospital if he didn’t wake

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

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

coming to

loss for what to do. The

while but Maverick was

“Tell me, how did

time, he unzipped her gown from behind, catching Jeslyn unaware.

good,” he kissed her

was going

“Plum-”

could speak further, he sealed

Jeslyn

until they got home, he

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

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

shifted his gaze to her and brushed her messy

How come?

“His birth mother.”

gone

he replied while soothing

times. “What

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