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.

Maverick wrapped his arms around her neck without a

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

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pain, another harsh slap landed heavily on his

smack.

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

her eyes filled with immense

thought I would lose

down.

Slap!

and landed

intertwined in her heart and threatened to burn her rationality to

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

noticed that Gwendolyn’s hand that was gripping his collar was trembling. A murderous

suffer a fate

causing her to curl up on the floor

I can’t! Absolutely not!

floor, hoping

endured the pain and struggled to sit up, only to

are not expelled in time! She’s already suffering so much, yet she’s still unwilling to use me to relieve

over to pick

me! I’ll kill

second, but he still decided to carry her. “All right. You can do

grasp. Her mind was hazy,

and filled the

temperature difference, he carefully lowered her into the water, gritting his teeth as he tried not to tremble.

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

away.

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accused her of drugging him the night before their

to be wrongly accused. He didn’t

a

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