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.

from Rex telling me what was going on at your end. hope you weren’t given too

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

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

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 see that he is fine now and

The days that only his master would drop by, he man would threaten to start his funeral If he didn’t wake up soon.

cared about his health and was worried

a while. After not hearing their voices anymore, he glanced at the

divider and tried to focus

to his vision.

to do. The dog food he was dished was way

a while but Maverick was crazy for more.

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

moved over her body and in no time, he unzipped her

kissed her

gasped. This was going overboard!

“Plum-”

could speak further,

with quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while Maverick

home, he finally decided it was time

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

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

her and brushed her messy hair back, “Your

How come? By who?!”

“His birth mother.”

that woman gone

he replied while soothing her hair.

she blinked a few times. “What

felt so too, so I sent her