The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 126 The Mastermind

It seemed that Maverick was worn out from last night, as he was sleeping soundly now.

Gwendolyn stared at him for a moment.

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She saw the faint traces of a slap mark on his left cheek, accompanied by slight swelling and the uncleaned. bloodstain at the corner of his mouth. He appeared quite miserable, not much better off than her.

Although she had exhausted all her strength last night and couldn’t remember what had happened. afterward, judging from the current situation, she supposed Maverick did not do anything to her.

Gwendolyn pursed her lips and suddenly tasted a hint of sweetness in her mouth. Is this the taste of glucose? He was the one who drugged my coffee, but now he’s pretending to be a good guy?

Gwendolyn’s eyes had a bone-chilling coldness to them.

Is he putting on a show for me? I’ll wait and see what’s next!

She stepped out of the bathtub and tiptoed out of the bathroom without waking Maverick up

A sharp pain in his back jolted Maverick out of sleep.

He almost dislocated his arm from sleeping so soundly against the edge of the bathtub.

I was so busy helping Gwendolyn bring down her fever last night that I forgot to apply medicine to myself. To make matters worse, I accidentally bumped into the sharp corner of the bed, which probably aggravated the swelling on my back.

He sighed, propped himself up to sit, and suddenly realized that the person in the bathtub had disappeared.

When did she wake up?

Surprisingly, he had no idea at all. It appeared that the 023 special drug had significantly decreased his acuity.

He got up and walked over to the sink, where he looked in the mirror and wiped the trace of the blood from the corner of his mouth. Then, he went downstairs to find Gwendolyn.

living room was extremely

the couch with her arms folded across her chest and a cold expression on her

four bodyguards, Elven, William, Quinton, and Ryan, stood neatly behind the couch

the tension in the living room as soon as he came downstairs. He knew that what was -destined to happen

walked over with heavy steps and stood in front of Gwendolyn

up coldly and met his

at the two packets of coffee sugar on the table. “Mr. Wright, Ms. Shalders asked you to

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you? We found another packet of coffee sugar containing

Gwendolyn intently and explained, “It’s true that I placed the sugar packets in the coffee tray and served it to you. I won’t deny that, but I had no prior knowledge of the presence

slightly, and her eyes were

intend to

his heart that she wouldn’t believe him, but he couldn’t help trying again. “I said I would never deceive or manipulate you again last night, and I meant it. Can you… just trust me this time?” Gwendolyn chuckled softly. “You entered my room late one night when Natasha drugged you, but the next day you thought I was the one who

would never recover

his thin lips together as he was at a

.

you have

continued, “You promised not to deceive me again last night, but then you drugged me! You made this coffee, and you were the first one to rush in after I drank it by mistake. Can you honestly say you had nothing to do with it? Honestly, if this one-year agreement is too hard for you to bear, I can

and her expression suddenly turned cold and stern. “However, you just had to resort to such despicable tactics. Then you’ll

had guessed it would turn out like this as he smiled miserably. “What do

you the medicine pouch when you went to the Wright residence. Here are two packets of coffee sugar on the table that were taken from your room. One packet tested positive for ecstasy,

sugar packets on the coffee table, and

from this fifty-fifty chance, then I’ll believe that you’re just an accomplice or that you’ve been deceived and used by Frida. In that case, I’ll let you off the hook. Go ahead

were

his gaze on her and tried to

Unfortunately, there was none.

my fault that

over to the coffee table, and picked up the two packets

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of everyone present and poured them into the cup of warm water. He gave it a

trusted him, but his face turned pale

she consumed half a cup of the drug-laced coffee last night. This is the infamous ecstasy sold on the black market and renowned for its powerful effects. Yet he drank