Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 445

445 Trying to impress his wife

Maverick was the last to leave the Red Room. As he walked along the quiet and dim passage, images of his son and wife flashed through his mind. He flattened his lips as he thought of her reaction. (1

Maverick was convinced that nobody would tell Jeslyn where he had been all this while. He’d be the one to tell her himself but the man couldn’t help feeling dread over how angry she’d be.

Maverick stopped by his bedroom door and unlocked it, then went in. Nothing was out of place, except that his bed had a little wrinkle here and there, evidence that someone slept on it last night. The man lowered his height and touched the wrinkles like he was imagining Jeslyn sleeping on the sheets.

A moment later, he went into the bathroom, shaved his overgrown beard and took a long shower to

wash

away the stress and gloom that had been hovering around him, still, the man couldn’t find much joy in his heart.

He had been feeling somewhat and restless ever since he woke up, but it wasn’t something worth dwelling on. He thought.

Getting out of the shower after a long hour of relaxing his muscles and submerging himself in a hot bath, he opened his closet, but the first thing that greeted him was his wife’s night dress.

Indeed she slept here last night. Maverick’s lips stretched into a faint smile before grabbing a black shirt and black pants to put on.

It was already late afternoon and he was home, so he shouldn’t be dressing like he was going out for work, however, the man felt that his wife needed to see his attractiveness so her anger wouldn’t be

much.

him a gentlemanly vibe. After that, he applied cologne to smell exactly

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and folded the sleeves to reveal his veiny hands

in order, he was ready to seduce

walked along the passageway, the man’s agility wasn’t the same as before. One could faintly hear the patter of

and stopped at the second floor. He went around the rooms but his wife and son were nowhere in sight, so he made his way to the sitting room.

his phone, he realized today was Saturday, meaning the both of them should be home, unless Jeslyn had an emergency at

the sitting room, Maverick could see someone he presumed to be Pink, sitting in a wheelchair.

at space, picked up the sound of footsteps and turned sharply. Looking at the person standing a few meters away from her, Pink almost instinctively got

“Boss, welcome back!”

to stand in front of her, towering over the woman. The look in his eyes couldn’t be read, nor

on one knee and slightly bent

give me your blessings.”

before he left two months ago, which means, he has to start treating her as

a moment before she snapped out of it and smiled.

you my blessings. May you and her live long together, support each other in hard times and enjoy happy

sitting room that had no one in it,

is my family?”

Damien’s party….” She explained what the party is

Who hurt you?”

“Hwang Min.”

speechless. “How did it happen?” He took a seat opposite

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