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

with still no sight of Grace, he couldn’t resist asking. “Where’s Grace?”

today, and I asked her to supervise. Is something the matter? Do you

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skipped a beat for a moment.

with no electricity there yet and no air conditioning, why hasn’t she returned

explain, “I was afraid the renovation wouldn’t be finished on time, so I asked the workers

to ask her about something.” Brian replied.

out a slow “Oh but internally harbored doubts about what he

6 o’clock. Just then, his phone rang, and he stepped outside to

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

accompany him, but before she could,

enough, his car drove

her fists silently.

to the

to the

dark, yet the workers continued their overtime, hustling at the construction site. Grace paced back

frowned. As soon as he stepped in, he could

around and saw Brian with a stern expression.

come you’re here?” Grace paused in

that brief moment of hesitation, a mosquito

furrowed his brow and walked over, gently pressing on

against Grace’s face, momentarily causing her to

help but scold, “Are you foolish? Standing

her fair and smooth legs were covered in

those red marks looked

any other choice?” Grace asked

the annoying mosquitoes flying around. He grabbed her wrist in frustration and pulled her out, leading her along.

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JMM

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The air conditioning was on Inside the car, and a refreshing breeze greeted her immediately.

wearily into the

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

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

Itchiness.

flora water to him, saying, “Thank

it back, resting his hands on the

“Aren’t we

Brian asked, not

“Rumble-”

mimicked a deceptive tactic, prompting her to chuckle awkwardly.