Falling for My Contractual Wife

Chapter 30

However, soon, she realized she had been mistaken. She quickly discovered her error.

By around five in the afternoon, mosquitoes from the bushes outside the villa started flying in as the sun descended

In less than a minute, her legs were covered in mosquitoes, densely packed, and she couldn’t fend them off no matter how

much she swatted.

Those workers wore long sleeves and pants, causing almost all the mosquitoes to swarm around Grace Sherman, leaving her the sole target for their bites.

She had to stand up and walk around, yet the mosquitoes continued to chase after her.

Finally, it reached six o’clock, but the workers showed no sign of wrapping up for the day.

“Hey, it’s already six o’clock, why aren’t you guys finishing work?”

One of the workers installing wires said, “Young lady, Miss Adkins said this is a new house, and they must move in quick, so we have to work overtime until eight o’clock every day.”

“Eight o’clock” Grace gasped in disbelief.

She thought, Isn’t that practically killing me?

At Francis Group.

Brian Francis looked at the message on his phone; his expression darkened to the extreme.

The phone displayed a picture of Justin Vance and Grace strolling in the small garden outside the hospital. Grace had at radiant smile as she gazed at him affectionately

One of the nurses at their hospital took this photo and shared it with their nursing group.

Brian had a friend in the Cardiology Department at Southside Hospital. After hearing what Louise Adkins said last night, he

inquired whether ce had any romantic involvement with someone

As a result, his friend sent him this photo.

He stared at Grace’s smiling face in the photo, wishing he could pull her out of the screen and viciously tear apart her smile.

afternoon.

Growing increasingly furious, he left the office at five in the after

When he arrived home, Grace wasn’t there. Louise kept pulling him to discuss the plans for starting a studio, and he never had the chance to ask where Grace was

dinner, with still no sight of Grace,

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a beat for a moment.

there yet and no air conditioning, why hasn’t she returned by this

to explain, “I was afraid the renovation wouldn’t be finished on time, so I asked the workers to do an extra two hours

to

a slow “Oh but internally harbored doubts about what

was already past 6 o’clock. Just then, his phone rang, and he stepped

an

to accompany him, but before she could, he had already briskly departed.

enough, his car

clenched her

truly went to the

to the newly

hustling at the construction site. Grace paced back and forth inside, occasionally gesturing

As soon as he stepped in, he could hear the buzzing sound

and saw Brian with a stern

here?” Grace paused in surprise.

of hesitation, a mosquito landed on

brow and walked over, gently pressing on her

gently against Grace’s face, momentarily causing

Brian couldn’t help but scold, “Are you

large bumps had already formed on her forehead, while her fair and smooth legs were covered in tiny red welts.

those red marks

have any other choice?” Grace asked

flying around. He grabbed her wrist in frustration

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by him. The air conditioning was on Inside the car, and a refreshing

slumped wearily into the seat.

trunk, pulled out a bottle of flora water,

to each red mark on her body. The cooling sensation relieved

Itchiness.

flora water

placed it back, resting his hands on the steering

asked, “Aren’t we

Brian asked, not

“Rumble-”

humorously mimicked a deceptive tactic, prompting her