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.

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

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

about. She looked at him speechlessly for some time before

drove the car in silence. His mind started blaming him for the decision he made. If he had known he wouldn’t have taken the Job from code 2, however, he did that because he wanted Jeslyn

to visit him. The days that only his master would drop by,

cared about his health and was worried that his wife would keep coming to the

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

focus on the road but the image

coming to his vision.

to do.

two disengaged after a while but Maverick was

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

in no time, he

good,” he kissed her

This was going

“Plum-”

she could speak further, he sealed her lips.

another hot section of foreplay with quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while

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

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

look

her and brushed her messy hair back, “Your

How come?

“His birth mother.”

that woman gone crazy?” she

tomorrow,” he replied while soothing

a few times. “What did you do

she’s crazy. I felt so too, so I sent