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.

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

gaze from his book and looked at

her husband was talking about. She looked at him speechlessly for some time before she burst out into a pile of

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 also, to make things easier for Code 2. Who was meant to stay with Rex

days that only his master would

might have 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 he didn’t wake

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

divider and tried to focus

coming to his vision.

for what to do. The dog food he was dished was

after a while but Maverick was crazy for

him, “Tell me, how

no time, he unzipped her gown

kissed her

This was

“Plum-”

could speak further, he sealed

with quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily from

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

courting death… Your mother–in–law is mentally exhausted and has been sent to

his emotionless eyes and shook her head, “You don’t look happy with your achievement. You are hiding things from

her and brushed her messy hair back,

How come? By who?!”

“His birth mother.”

woman gone crazy?” she

while soothing her

few times. “What did you do to her?”

crazy. I felt so too, so