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 resist asking. “Where’s Grace?”

and I asked her to supervise. Is something the matter? Do you need to find her for something?” Louise

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skipped a beat for

yet and no air

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

My mother wanted me to

“Oh but internally harbored doubts about

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

room and said to Louise, “There’s an urgent matter at the company. I need to go

perhaps intending to offer to accompany him, but before she could, he had already

his car

clenched her

went to the company,

drove to the newly purchased

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

frowned. As soon as he stepped in, he could hear the buzzing

and

come you’re here?” Grace paused in surprise.

brief moment of hesitation, a mosquito landed

furrowed his brow and walked over, gently pressing

palm pressed gently against Grace’s face, momentarily causing her to freeze in surprise.

but scold, “Are

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

red marks looked particularly distressing and stood

do? Do I have any other choice?” Grace asked him back

swatting away the annoying mosquitoes flying around. He grabbed her

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was on Inside the car, and a refreshing breeze greeted her

slumped wearily into the

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

flora water to each red mark on her body. The cooling sensation relieved much of

Itchiness.

water to

resting his hands on the steering wheel, but

asked, “Aren’t we

you eaten?‘ Brian asked, not directly answering her

“Rumble-”

fittingly, made a sound that humorously mimicked