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.

what was going on at your end. hope you weren’t

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

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

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

days that only his master would drop by, he man would threaten to start

his master cared about his health and was worried that his

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

tried to focus on the

coming to his

at a loss for what to do. The dog food he was dished was way

two disengaged after a while but Maverick was crazy for more.

she asked him, “Tell me, how

no time, he

smell good,” he kissed her neck and bit

This was going

“Plum-”

could speak further, he

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

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

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

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

How come?

“His birth mother.”

gone crazy?”

while

she blinked a few times. “What did you do

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