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.

I received a message from Rex telling me what was going on at your end. hope you weren’t

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

was talking about. She looked

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 with Rex at the

hear words whenever she came to visit him. The days that only his master would

5 knew that his master cared about his health

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

tried to focus on the road

coming to his

a loss for what to do. The dog food he

a while but

whispered. Holding his handsome face, she asked him, “Tell me, how did your meeting go? Rex sent me a message and

her body and in no time, he unzipped

good,” he kissed her neck and bit it

was going overboard!

“Plum-”

speak further, he sealed

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

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

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

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

her messy hair back, “Your brother–in–law

How come? By who?!”

“His birth mother.”

that woman gone

replied while soothing her

“What did you do to

too, so I sent her to a hospital-”