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 his wife. “You wanted

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

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

days that only his master would

words might have sounded mean to people, Code 5 knew that his master cared about his health and

not hearing their voices

tried to focus on the road but the image of

to his vision.

poor single man was at a loss for what to do. The dog

while but Maverick was

save some shame until we get home…” She whispered. Holding his handsome face, she asked him, “Tell me, how did your meeting go? Rex

no time, he unzipped her gown from behind,

kissed her neck

was going

“Plum-”

she could speak further, he sealed her lips.

from Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily from what she was

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

mother–in–law is mentally exhausted and

head, “You don’t look happy with your achievement. You are

gaze to her and brushed her messy hair back, “Your brother–in–law was

come?

“His birth mother.”

that woman gone crazy?”

he replied while soothing her

times. “What did you do

too, so I sent her to