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.

was about to hit her head on the corner of the bed, Maverick wrapped his arms around her neck without a second thought and pulled her into his embrace, using his body

hissed in

into the corner of the bed, right where his swollen, still-healing wound was. He broke into a cold sweat from the pain and almost lost

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the intense pain, another harsh slap

smack.

embrace, dragging his upper body to the floor as she did so. She

stared at him, her eyes filled with

all just an act! You thought I would lose control if you drugged me so you could get

calm down. This

Slap!

and landed another slap on his

intertwined in her heart and threatened to burn her rationality to

Coupled with the pain in

noticed that Gwendolyn’s hand

want you to suffer a fate worse than

her to curl up on the floor and shiver uncontrollably. A wicked voice inside her head taunted and urged her to throw herself at Maverick to release

I can’t! Absolutely not!

firmly against the frigid floor,

endured the pain and struggled to sit up, only to see her

drugs are not expelled in time! She’s already suffering so much, yet she’s

over to pick her up

touch me! I’ll

stiffened for a second, but he still decided to carry her. “All

no longer had the strength to break free from his grasp. Her mind was hazy, and her head felt heavy. She could

showerhead and

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

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water reached her collarbone that

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heat in her chest subsided at little, and her furrowed brows began to relax. She felt so drained

away.

the edge of

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him the night before their divorce

accused. He didn’t expect karma to strike so

a bitter

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