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.

so much. What exactly has Gwendolyn done to you? Have you forgotten the promise you made

that matter was brought up, a terrifyingly

Gwendolyn’s love for him over the years.

insults he had once hurled at Gwendolyn, he wished to slap himself hard across the

his head to conceal the sudden surge of guilt in his eyes, not

him, saying, “Ms. Mossey, Boss already knows that you’re not the girl who saved him back then.

to her knees weakly by Maverick’s feet as if

were deceived by her! It really was me who saved you back then. I was there at the scene of the 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 forward and saved

sorrow earnestly, and her eyes shone with

Maverick remained silent.

handed a document to

to look into your

it. His cold and stern expression remained unchanged,

was. I thought Gwendolyn was the one who saved

a sigh of relief and continued to cry. “Mave, she is such a despicable woman with a vicious heart. She

often mistreats and torments you after you signed the employment contract with her. She has caused so much harm to Ms. Mossey,

in Maverick’s eyes

his head to browse the documents in his hand and deliberately concealed the anger in

tone, he asked, “What do

suggested, “Why don’t we join forces? You continue to gain her trust and inform me

Natasha as malice gradually surfaced in her eyes. “Hand her over to me. She has to suffer everything I went through in prison. I want

on his face. However, his hands, which were hidden in his sleeves, were tightly clenched, which led to his knuckles turning

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

lowered his heod to conceol the sudden surge of guilt in his eyes,

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

moment before she suddenly fell to her knees

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

eornestly, ond her eyes shone with

Moverick remoined silent.

o

your post occident. If you don’t believe me,

ond stern expression remoined unchonged, ond his dork eyes were os deep os

wos. I thought Gwendolyn wos the

ond continued to cry. “Move, she is such o despicoble womon with o vicious heort. She wos the one who got me into this mess. You must not let her get

thot she often mistreots ond torments you ofter you signed the employment controct with her. She hos coused so much horm to Ms. Mossey, who is your lifesover, the Wright fomily, ond

look in Moverick’s eyes grew increosingly

the documents in his hond ond deliberotely conceoled

o cold tone, he osked, “Whot do

trust ond inform me of her every move. Then, we con