The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 35 A Shameless Little Snob

“How dare you!”

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The first thing Suzanna noticed was that Gwendolyn had sat at the head of the table before even realizing what the latter had said. Her lips trembled as she asked, “W-What do you mean by that?”

Gwendolyn’s red lips curved upward as she broke into a careless laugh.

She fixed her gaze on Suzanna and made no response

Gwendolyn’s laughter unnerved Suzanna, and the aura radiating off the former sent a chill down the latter’s spine.

“You’re crazy! A raving lunatic!” Suzanna spat out scomfully. As she spoke, she took two steps.

backward.

Just as she was about to turn and leave, four men in police uniforms appeared at the conference room’s door and knocked politely. “Excuse me. May we know who’s Suzanna Kleppen?”

As soon as Suzanna heard that they were looking for her, she was stunned. “What is it about?”

Seeing that she was the one who responded, the policemen immediately walked toward her with stern expressions.

She was so frightened that the color drained from her face. “Have you… made a mistake? I’m a good and law-abiding citizen!”

“We’ll be the judge of whether or not you’re innocent. Please come with us.”

“No! I’m not going!”

Mr. Ward and Mr. Ulmer are inside, so there’s no way of hiding what I did. I had hoped Jonathan would be able to protect me, but I never expected him to end up in the doghouse quicker than me. In any case, I can’t get thrown into jail. Once I go there, my career and future will be in utter shambles!”

Something seemed to occur to her, and she hurried over to Gwendolyn. Tossing aside her pride, she crouched at Gwendolyn’s feet, tugged at her hand, and pleaded, “Was it you who told them to come? Gwendolyn… Ms. Shalders, I admit defeat. I apologize I only harbored malicious intent toward you because of a moment of jealousy. Please spare me, will you?”

Gwendolyn gently lifted Suzanna’s chin with the tip of her finger and stared straight into the latter’s eyes. Grinning, she remarked, “Your apology reeks of fear and hope. You know better than me just how

sincere it is.”

“No! I mean every word I said! I was wrong, Ms. Shalders. It was my fault.”

“If you were merely trying to pick a fight with me for rivial reasons, I’d only fire you for conspiring with Jonathan Flint to take over my position. However, you gave me such a surprise. I underestimated you. If I don’t send you to jail, it’d be an insult to that impressive performance you put on last night.”

Although Suzanna bowed her head and sobbed bitterly, she was seething with rage inwardly.

This b*tch sure spouts a load of crazy talk! She’s such a bully! Once I get out of this predicament, I’ll definitely find a chance to get rid of her.

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opened her mouth to say something. Suddenly, she recalled a

Does the entire company belong to her because she’s

car with a smile that did

you this, but you’re

she mentioned her name, and

despite Gwendolyn’s petite size, she did not seem out of place as she sat there. On

Thud!

onto the

that this is her company. She said her last

her mouth, and her eyes became as round as saucers. She was too

policemen stepped forward to escort her away, she still had

of two lousy employees, I can finally get a couple of

busy working at her desk just before noon when Elisha knocked on the door and walked in. The latter said impassively, “Ms. Shalders. Mr. Harris has something urgent to discuss with you and

urgent to discuss with me? Judging from the look on

NEWS.

took two minutes to put away her things, then headed swiftly

toward her. His head was tilted upward slightly as though

“Treyton?”

they were the only ones in the

spun around and said,

his hand was a lunch box. He opened the lid, and the smell of fragrant herbs and spices filled the

for lunch, so she made your favorite grilled beef and sent

you meant by ‘something urgent?” she asked, amused by his childish

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with a doting smile tugging at the corners of his lips. “It goes without saying that the task of ensuring my

was silent, the twinkle in her eyes betrayed

Several dishes had already been set out on the

took a whiff. As expected, Flora is an excellent cook. Fer cooking is way better than the

she said, “It’s delicious, but there’s no need to do so in the future. If I keep coming to your office to have lunch with you, sooner or later, your subordinates will

listen

lowered her head and carried on

rather hungry indeed and unable to resist Flora’s tasty cooking. Hence, she ate with such gusto that her cheeks were

that he could not

at him and continued

office was lively as they chattered away while

room. He stood near the door, and said softly, “Mr. Harris, Ms. Ferguson is