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.”

she thought about

burnt down the hospital?” she asked

was one of Sir’s

slowly nodded,

“He’s being punished.”

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

her of setting fire to the hospital and pointed a gun at her, Nancy didn’t deny the

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

after that. The car drove steadily until it got to

her son. She pretended like she didn’t see that disrespectful action. The maid stood up, probably to explain what didn’t need explanation,

in the next two hours!” She went away

her throat all this while, which is why she still

fine now, she might probably think

think that’s

point, there’s really nothing we can

go to the garden empty–handed, let me go and make some cake.” Rossa left

In the garden…

Nancy couldn’t buy, no matter the money they had. She was wearing a white gown and was sitting on a plain white cloth that

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 placing the tray she was

you another type of cake,” she tried to sound like she was happy, but the

sat beside her and asked, “Mom, what’s

something was off about her. Her demeanor changed to the facade of a powerful woman, “Do I

turned away. She was still acting bitchy, so there was no need to care about her

curled down in slight unhappiness, an action that went unnoticed by

treatment the two were giving each other,

to say this, but ma’am,

you suddenly scared?” Nancy asked in

shook

scared of me. You’re

off guard, and so was Brian, but she