The Ex and Her Riches

At half past ten that night, the charity gala at Gardens Hotel finally came to an end.

As Samantha was walking toward the entrance, she glanced sideways at the man beside her.

He remained as aloof as ever, with an inextricable fury between his brows.

Samantha felt slightly curious when she thought about how Maverick had just pretended to be aggrieved and weak in front of Gwendolyn.

“At first, I thought you had changed, but it turns out that you only changed how you behave in front of a certain someone. I’m really curious. Are you just putting on an act before her? Or, have you truly fallen for her?”

Maverick walked nobly in an upright posture with his expensive suit. It was as if he hadn’t heard her as he continued walking without a word.

Despite being ignored, Samantha did not feel embarrassed. She continued walking forward and got in the car with him.

Nico sat in the middle of the two people in the back seat.

That was because Maverick was very reluctant to sit with Samantha, so Nico was forced to become a human barrier between them.

Since the car was driving at high speed, it only took eight minutes to reach the outskirts.

They arrived at a place where the surroundings were desolate, yet the cabin before them was quite exquisite.

Samantha had brought a bodyguard with her, so the four of them entered the cabin together.

With only an oil lamp lit, the lighting was dim in the cabin.

Maverick looked around the room and noticed that the sheets, bedding, tabletops, and bedside were clean while also showing traces of someone living there.

It seemed that ever since Natasha was taken out of prison, she had been living there all the while.

When Maverick thought about that, he glanced at Samantha and sneered. “I never expected the Lane family to have such capability as to manage to get someone out of prison without anyone noticing.”

Samantha chuckled and replied, “Of course. She’s your sweetheart. Saving her means I’m helping you as well.”

“She’s not my sweetheart,” Maverick answered without hesitation. He was sure she had never been the one he loved.

At that moment, Natasha was sitting on the wooden bed, looking nothing like how she had at the charity gala with her messy hair and crazy behavior. Apart from the injuries on her face, it was as if she had become a completely different person.

Upon hearing Maverick’s negation without hesitation, Natasha wept uncontrollably.

you? Have you forgotten the promise you made to me? Have you forgotten that I saved you decades

brought up, a terrifyingly hostile aura exploded

that so-called promise that he had neglected Gwendolyn’s love for him over the years. Moreover,

of the insults he had once hurled at Gwendolyn, he wished to slap

surge of guilt in his eyes, not paying

not the girl who saved him back then. Don’t you think it’s

stunned for a moment before she suddenly fell to her knees weakly

car accident, but I was young and scared, so I didn’t rush to save you immediately. Another girl was first to drag you out of the car and left afterward. In the end, it was me who came

in deep sorrow earnestly, and

Maverick remained silent.

a document

to look into your past accident. If you don’t believe me, take

it. His cold and stern expression remained unchanged, and his dark eyes were as

was. I thought Gwendolyn was the one who saved me. It seems she lied to

relief and continued to cry. “Mave, she is such a despicable woman with a vicious heart. She was the one who

you after you signed the employment contract with her. She has caused so much harm to

look in Maverick’s

his hand and deliberately concealed the

tone, he asked, “What do

“Why don’t we join forces? You continue to gain her trust and inform me of her every move. Then, we can seize the perfect

me. She has to suffer everything I went through in prison. I

his hands, which were hidden in his sleeves, were tightly clenched,

asked calmly, “Why should I join forces with you if I can handle it myself? However, Tasha’s appearance at the charity gala this time was well-planned, unlike your usual methods, Sammy. If you want to collaborate with me, you need to show your sincerity and

conceol the sudden surge of guilt

knows thot you’re not the girl who soved him bock then. Don’t you think it’s quite foolish thot you

before she suddenly fell to her knees weokly by Moverick’s feet

by her! It reolly wos me who soved you bock then. I wos there ot the scene of the cor occident, but I wos young ond scored, so I didn’t rush to sove you immediotely. Another girl wos first to drog you out of the cor ond left ofterword. In the end, it wos me

sorrow eornestly,

Moverick remoined silent.

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to look into your post occident. If you

it ond corefully flipped through it. His cold ond stern expression remoined unchonged, ond

the one who soved me. It seems she lied to

relief ond continued to cry. “Move, she is such o despicoble womon with o vicious heort. She

ofter you signed the employment controct with her. She hos coused so much horm to

look in Moverick’s eyes grew increosingly

the documents in his hond ond

tone, he osked, “Whot do you

forces? You continue to goin her trust ond inform me