Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

418 Looking beyond their facade

“You just woke up?” the butler asked with a frown.

Rossa nodded and said in a low yet cute voice, “Yes, Grandpa.“

The man wanted to rage, but seeing how cute she was, he held back his tongue; “I’m not your grandpa,” he glared at her.

“Ok, I’ll call you grandpa butler, how does that sound?” she beamed.

The old man wanted to chastise her again for acting like his spoiled granddaughter but couldn’t bring himself to, so he sighed and pointed towards the kitchen, “Make sure your dishes are ready in one hour thirty minutes.”

“Yes, sir!” she giggled and ran off.

Other servants were fuming and calling her ugly names in their minds, but there was nothing they could do right now, so they had to endure until they got a chance.

Rossa finished cooking at exactly one hour–thirty minutes, but after serving the dishes, Brian came around and told her Nancy wasn’t home.

“My mom isn’t here, so have a seat.”

“I didn’t make her portion anyway. Hope she didn’t travel?” Rossa sat on one of the chairs with a scowling face.

“I’m not sure. By the way, how’s your plan coming around?” he asked softly.

“I told you we can’t talk about such things. Aren’t there CCTV cameras all around here?” she almost glared at him but controlled herself.

“Ah, true, I’m sorry about that…” The atmosphere became awkward.

“I haven’t seen your father since I was employed, where did he go?”

Brian shook his head, “Not sure.”

home. Looking out the car window in silence, she thought about the advice her Nanny gave her. After a while, she shifted her gaze

the hospital?” she asked out

ma’am, it was one

slowly nodded,

“He’s being punished.”

long silence filled the car for a while before Death asked, “Ma’am, why do you take the blame for everything and make

at her, Nancy didn’t deny the accusation, nor fight back,

will believe, so what’s the point?… But this time, I hope Jeslyn is intelligent enough

drove steadily until it got to

table, talking with her son. She pretended like she didn’t see that disrespectful action.

two, meet me in the garden in the next two hours!” She went

her throat all this while, which is why she still couldn’t

might

you think that’s a

this point, there’s really nothing we can

let me go and make some cake.” Rossa left the dining room

In the garden…

matter the money they had. She was wearing a white gown and was

sadness that engulfed her for a moment but immediately killed it before her conscience would be awoken. She walked forward with Brian and knelt in front of Nancy while

type of cake,” she tried to sound like she was happy, but the sadness around Nancy

and asked, “Mom,

slight joy. This was the first time Brian noticed something was off about her. Her demeanor changed to the facade of a powerful woman, “Do

He replied and turned away. She was still acting bitchy, so there was

in slight unhappiness, an action that went unnoticed by

treatment the two were giving each other, Rossa

but ma’am, your skin is getting

scared?” Nancy asked

shook her

scared of me.

was Brian, but she immediately beamed, concealing