The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 127

Gwendolyn clenched her hands tightly as she listened to the low growls coming from inside.

However, her face was still cold and emotionless when she looked at Elven. “Do you think I’ve gone too far?”

Elven knelt down on the spot. “That’s not what I meant. You were drugged last night. It’s only fair to make up for the suffering you endured, but I know that you don’t really want to kill Mr. Wright.”

Gwendolyn felt much better after she heard that.

She looked at Quinton after contemplating for a while. “Go to the Wright residence and bring Frida over here. Be quick.”

“Yes, Ms. Shalders.” Quinton set off immediately.

The rest of them stood at the basement door, listening as the growling and struggling sounds grew more intense as though Maverick was on the brink of despair.

Even the tall and burly bodyguards found it difficult to continue listening and felt as though they were also being subjected to a cruel form of torture.

Ten minutes later, Gwendolyn finally spoke up. “Open the door. Get a bucket of ice water and bring it over. It’ll help him cool down.”

The bodyguards obeyed Gwendolyn’s orders after a brief moment of shock and went to get some ice cubes to mix with a bucket of water.

Creak.

The basement door opened, allowing a sliver of light to seep in. That beam of light stretched Maverick’s shadow long and thin in the center.

Maverick lay curled up on the floor, just like a baby in its mother’s womb.

and his hair was also damp from perspiration as it hung limply over his forehead. He looked like

to the point of exhaustion, yet his body still trembled violently, and

his eyes as he felt the blinding light on

familiar figure although his vision

with trembling hands without hesitation and looked at that figure longingly. His voice was hoarse as he said, “Gwendolyn… I-I

seeing how uncomfortable the

effects of the drug as well? Can this lessen some of the

that he could touch it

backlight,

his heartthrob painfully, which was a hundred times worse than when the drug

not budge as she

slightly as she noticed that Maverick’s gaze hadn’t left her since he opened

that she would at least utter a single sentence that

next was Ryan pouring ice-cold water over

bucket of ice water. His entire body trembled even more violently, and his teeth chattered from the cold. His

it directly on his head!” Gwendolyn’s grip on the armrest

by her aggressive demeanor. His hand trembled, and he accidentally poured the remaining half bucket of water all

caused Maverick to

if his lungs

good. She was about to stand up to check on Maverick when a woman’s scream sounded from behind her. “Ah! Maverick! My

the armrest loosened slightly when

her chair, her usual icy haughtiness returning to

in a cast, lying in the

tell that it wasn’t going to be anything

the end, she was forcefully

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