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

sight of Grace, he couldn’t

today, and I asked her to supervise. Is something the matter? Do you need to find her for something?” Louise glanced at him and

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heart skipped a beat for a moment.

such a hot day, with no electricity there yet and no air conditioning, why hasn’t she

on time, so I asked the workers to do an extra two hours of overtime. Brian, do you

it’s nothing. My mother wanted me to ask her about something.” Brian

internally harbored doubts about

time on his watch, it was already past 6 o’clock. Just then, his

Louise, “There’s an urgent matter at the

to accompany him, but before she could, he had already

his car drove away.

clenched her fists silently.

went to the

the newly

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

as he stepped in, he could hear the buzzing

Grace turned around and saw

you’re here?” Grace paused

of hesitation, a mosquito landed on

his brow and walked over, gently pressing

against Grace’s face, momentarily causing her to

help but scold, “Are you foolish? Standing here, letting mosquitoes bite

already formed on her forehead, while her fair and smooth legs were covered in tiny

fair skin, those red marks looked particularly distressing and

any other choice?” Grace asked him back while

flying around. He grabbed her wrist in frustration and pulled her out, leading

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seat by him. The air conditioning was on

into the

the trunk, pulled out a bottle of flora water, and handed

applied the flora water to each red mark on her body. The cooling

Itchiness.

water to him, saying, “Thank you.”

placed it back, resting his hands on the steering wheel, but

asked, “Aren’t we

you eaten?‘ Brian asked, not directly answering her question.

“Rumble-”

humorously mimicked