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 replace 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.

Maverick slicked his grown hair backwards with the help of gel to give him a gentlemanly vibe. After that, he applied cologne to smell exactly as Jeslyn loved.

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The man opened the first few buttons on his shirt and folded the sleeves to reveal his veiny hands and toned chest. Those would be enough to calm her down, so he thought. After putting everything in order, he was ready to seduce his wife, so he left the room.

As he walked along the passageway, the man's agility wasn't the same as before. One could faintly hear the patter of light footfalls on the tiled floor if they cared to listen. Maverick took the stairs 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. From his phone, he realized today was Saturday, meaning the both of them should be home, unless Jeslyn had an emergency at her work, or they went shopping.

In the sitting room, Maverick could see someone he presumed to be Pink, sitting in a wheelchair. His brows furrowed as his leisured pace increased slightly- almost unnoticeable!

Pink, who was staring 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 up from her chair, but remembering her condition, she sat back down and bowed slightly.

"Boss, welcome back!"

Maverick walked to stand in front of her, towering over the woman. The look in his eyes couldn't be read, nor can one fathom what he was thinking.

The next moment, he went down on one knee and slightly bent his head.

"Mother-in-law, please give me your blessings."

Jeslyn had accepted her mother before he left two months ago, which means, he has to start treating her as his mother-in-law now.

Pink was startled for a moment before she snapped out of it and smiled.

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

Maverick got up and looked around the large sitting room that had no one in it, then asked.

"Where is my family?"

"They went to Damien's party...." She explained what the party is about.

"Hm... Who hurt you?" he then asked.

"Hwang Min."

Maverick looked at her, a little speechless. "How did it happen?" He took a seat opposite her.

"I jumped down from the eighth floor of a hospital building..." After she explained everything that happened, including Jeslyn's and Nancy's entanglement, the man got up and left without saying another word to her.

Pink Picked up her phone to call Jeslyn but she wouldn't answer it no matter how many times she tried.

"She must be having a lot of fun. I tried my best to warn you," Pink chuckled.

Meanwhile, at the party, the guests were indeed having a lot of fun bonding and making connections. Damien had engaged Kimberly and the two were going around and greeting guests.

Valen, in his white suit and black inner shirt, was standing at a corner with Code 5 beside him as they observed the quiet Jeslyn from afar.

Jeslyn, Lolita, Beverly and Piper were sitting with the first lady as they chatted over drinks.

If it was before she knew the story behind this pretty woman, Jeslyn would have paid more attention to her and even accepted the hand of friendship she was stretching but after what Nancy told her, Jeslyn could only see a monster hiding behind an expensive makeover.

"Jeslyn, I haven't seen your husband or heard any news about him for a long while. Did he travel?" First Lady Luisa asked with a cute smile.

Jeslyn had been giving her the cold shoulder since and it was making her feel awkward. Jeslyn knows she's trying to become friends with her, yet she's treating her like air, what impudence! She thought in her mind.

"I hid my husband away from the world because I can't help how so many ladies are fantasizing about

him. It's driving me nuts. So he had no choice but to stay indoors." She replied flatly without a single interest. Beverly and Piper were quick to laugh over her response, so Luisa failed to read the sarcasm in her response.

"Mummy, you look stressed. Do you want to go home?" Valen walked over with Code 5 who had been walking him around. The young child didn't want to take a step away from his mother but because she was with other women like her, he decided to excuse himself. From afar, he could see how disassociated his mother was, so he came over.