The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 125

Chapter 125 Just An Act

Sensing something amiss, he opened the door to take a look.

There was no one in front of the computer on the desk.

Gwendolyn?”

Maverick looked alert. He walked in to investigate and heard heavy breathing from under the desk.

He lifted the tablecloth abruptly and saw Gwendolyn curled up in the small space. Her face was abnormally flushed.

Crouching down, he lightly touched her neck to find her body was unbearably hot.

This is…

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of coffee on the table was half-drunk, and the sugar packet on the tray had been torn open. He recalled Frida’s unusual behavior when he visited her a few hours ago and instantly realized what was happening.

“Damn it!”

He lifted Gwendolyn from under the desk.

His cool body felt comfortable against her. An indescribable thought flashed through her drug-influenced mind for the first time.

She clung to his neck, driven by the scent of male hormones. It was as if they were compelling her to sin. Maverick carried her back to the bedroom, feeling her restless movements against his body. He loosened his grip, afraid of hurting her.

“Gwendolyn, hang in there a little longer. Everything will be all right soon.”

Upon hearing the familiar voice, she mustered her consciousness and lifted her gaze to take a look.

She swelled in anger when she realized it was Maverick. Suppressing the burning feeling in her chest, she raised her hand and slapped him across his face.

The slap wasn’t particularly hard as she was drugged, but it was enough to catch Maverick, who was about to head to the bathroom, off guard.

Gwendolyn struggled, slipping from his grasp, but her hand still grasped his shirt tightly.

The two suddenly lost their balance and fell to the ground.

hit her head on the corner of the bed, Maverick wrapped his arms around her

hissed in

wound was. He broke into a cold sweat from the pain and almost

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intense pain, another harsh slap landed heavily on

smack.

free from his embrace, dragging his upper body to the floor as she

him, her eyes

were all just an act! You thought I would lose control

down. This

Slap!

strength and landed

heart and threatened to burn her rationality to

moment. Coupled with the pain in his back that had yet to subside, he

He was just about to catch his breath when he noticed that Gwendolyn’s hand that was gripping

want you to suffer a fate worse than

earlier surged in her chest again, causing her to curl up on the floor and shiver uncontrollably. A wicked voice inside her head taunted

I can’t! Absolutely not!

floor, hoping its icy temperature

struggled to sit up, only to see her suffering silently on

the drugs are not expelled in time! She’s already suffering so much, yet she’s still unwilling to use me to relieve the effects of the drugs. Is she that

wryly and walked over to pick

touch me!

decided to carry her. “All right. You can do whatever you want once

free from his grasp. Her mind was hazy,

and filled the bathtub

withstand the temperature difference, he carefully lowered her into the water, gritting

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her collarbone that he retracted his sore

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her chest subsided at little, and her furrowed

away.

by the edge of the bathtub,

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could still remember how he had falsely accused her of drugging him the night before their divorce

turn to be wrongly accused. He didn’t expect karma to

gave a bitter

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