The Ex and Her Riches

Maverick’s voice had gone hoarse, and he did not feel like talking. He turned over and continued to sleep.

When he rushed over last night, he happened to hear Gwendolyn’s shout and watched helplessly as she jumped into the river.

That feeling of his heart pounding away uncontrollably was so unbearably suffocating.

Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

He would never let this happen again.

Nico noticed he was being ignored and knew he simply could not get through to Maverick.

After so many years of working for Maverick, this was the first time Nico had seen him going all out for someone.

Boss, please take a good rest. If you need anything, just call me. Don’t force yourself.

Nico sighed helplessly, poured Maverick a cup of warm water, and placed it on the bedside table. Then, he turned around, left the room, and gently closed the door behind him.

Maverick was still feverish, and his mind was already groggy. He quickly fell back asleep.

The villa was silent and pitch-black in the dead of night.

Nico made his way down to the basement, his face gloomy.

Neville and a few other subordinates were guarding the basement door.

William and Quinton had been awake for quite some time. They were extremely furious about being locked up and kept banging on the door while shouting.

Neville saw Nico approaching and walked up. “How’s it going? Is the boss feeling better now?”

Nico nodded.

Neville breathed a sigh of relief. He gritted his teeth and continued, “Can we just get rid of these two? They’ve been cursing non-stop since they woke up. I don’t think I can hold it in any longer!”

Nico’s expression was grim, too. Although he could do nothing to Treyton, at least he could vent his anger on the two lackeys of the Harris family.

After all, it did not matter as long as their lives were spared.

Open the door. Let me in.

The basement door swung open. William and Quinton tried to make a run for it the moment they had the chance. However, they did not get far before they were caught, tied up, and thrown back onto the floor.

Just as Quinton was about to make a scene, his mouth was stuffed with a cloth.

spoken up for Maverick before, Nico appreciated his favor and did

William himself was much quieter than Quinton, who acted like an aggressive

Nico pulled out a knife and forcefully stabbed

constricted with

and he might have to

What a ruthless person!

sneered. “Can you please

silent while Quinton

him, Mr. Harris locked him up and left him to

what he wanted to do, so

work for Mr. Harris,

could barely perceive the sense of threat

but you two will have to let our subordinates each throw a few punches to let off some steam, and then we’ll

steam? They’re going to use us

he could not escape, William said, “Don’t hit the

smiled. “Sure, as you

badly bruised, it would be even more difficult to explain the situation to Gwendolyn if she

up and leaned against the door. He added, “Mr. Wright doesn’t know about

bit guilty when he found out Maverick was running a high fever while he was locked up. Without hesitation, he said, “Okay, but…

say a word and turned to leave the basement. Soon after, a terrible wail echoed from behind

lying in the hospital for two days, Gwendolyn was

thing she did was to meet the two assassins Treyton had

the weather gradually grew colder, she wore a black trench coat with a red velvet long skirt. Paired with a touch of red lipstick, she looked dashing and

assassins were locked in the basement of Treyton’s mansion and tied to chairs with iron chains. Their faces and bodies were covered in wounds, indicating they had been tortured several times before. Their mouths were slightly open and stuffed with cloth strips to prevent them from biting their

brought a chair for Gwendolyn, and she sat

one of the assassins, she was slightly taken aback,

only man who answered my question

cold, and he

always been

her face beaming with an enchanting smile. “Hey, Handsome. Others may not know the inside story, but you definitely do. If you share the secret with me, I can persuade them to let you go and even give you

voice was incredibly

and glanced at her subconsciously, almost getting sucked into

What a vixen!

annoyed, he turned his head away and closed

leak a secret, they would only face a more miserable death. By gritting their teeth and staying silent, they might be able

it? Gwendolyn pursed her

anything yet. Should we

did not

bewildered as they were blindfolded with a

came in and asked, “Kiddo, what’s

people to trail them. If someone tries to silence them,

think that the two of them had already leaked the secret. Adhering to the principle of “better to kill by mistake than to let go,” the other