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.”

silence, she thought about the advice her Nanny gave her. After a while, she shifted her gaze to the two guys in the

down the hospital?”

was one of

slowly nodded,

“He’s being punished.”

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

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

accept or not, no one will believe, so what’s the point?… But this time, I hope Jeslyn

didn’t speak anymore after that. The car drove

didn’t see that disrespectful action. The

in the garden in the next two hours!” She

breath hitched in her throat all this while, which is why she

might probably think

think that’s a great

really nothing we can

can’t go to the garden empty–handed, let me go and make some cake.” Rossa left the dining

In the garden…

money they had. She was wearing a white gown and was sitting on a plain white cloth that was

it before her conscience would be awoken. She walked forward with Brian and knelt in front of Nancy while placing

tried to sound like she was

and asked,

about her.

She was still acting bitchy, so there was no need to care about her anymore, he

in slight unhappiness, an action that went unnoticed

were giving each other,

right position to say this, but

you suddenly scared?” Nancy asked in a cold

shook

is scared of me. You’re the first to say

Brian, but she immediately beamed, concealing