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.

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

gaze from his book and looked at

register what her husband was talking about. She looked at him speechlessly for

the decision he made. If he had known he wouldn’t have taken the Job from code 2, however, he did that

he was in coma, he could hear words whenever she came to visit him. The days that only his master would drop

sounded mean to people, Code 5 knew that his master cared about his health and was worried that his wife would keep coming to the hospital if

not hearing their voices anymore, he glanced at the rear mirror only to see the two

focus on the road but the image of

to his vision.

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

but Maverick

some shame until we get home…” She whispered. Holding his handsome face, she asked him, “Tell me, how did your meeting go? Rex sent me a message and told me what was

her body and in no time, he

smell good,” he kissed her neck and bit it softly.

This was going

“Plum-”

further, he sealed her lips.

with quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily

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

my Lu family are courting death… Your mother–in–law is mentally exhausted and has been sent to a hospital,” he replied.

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

his gaze to her and brushed her

come?

“His birth mother.”

woman gone crazy?” she raged.

tomorrow,” he replied while soothing her hair.

a few times. “What did you

so too, so I sent her to a