The Ex and Her Riches

Charles lay on the couch with a half-smile, gazing at Maverick with his deep blue eyes.

With his lazy posture, he oozed an aura of mischief.

Charles had looked into the people around Maverick and found that they were no ordinary people. As for Maverick’s background, it was too clean that he could not help but feel suspicious.

“I’m just Maverick, that’s all. Nothing more.”

Maverick’s dark eyes became serious as he took a step forward, his long legs carrying him to the couch next to Charles. Then, Maverick sat down, his posture straight and proper.

With a casual glance, he first noticed Charles’ exposed, perfectly sculpted chest muscles and collarbones beneath the black shirt. Paired with those deep, blue eyes, Charles looked absolutely enchanting like a fairy.

Even I, as a man, found him attractive. Gwendolyn probably finds him pleasing to the eye as well, right?

Maverick suddenly thought of Charles mentioning his long-time bond with Gwendolyn, as well as the complex look in Gwendolyn’s eyes when she saw Charles at the police station.

Gwendolyn… She did like him, didn’t she?

When Charles noticed Maverick staring at his body, a wicked smile played on his lips. “I’m the kind of person who insists on having what’s mine. If anyone dares to lay a finger on it, I’ll chop them down and take back what belongs to me. Do you understand what I mean?”

Hearing that, Maverick laughed.

Does Charles think he can chop me down?

He poured himself another glass of wine and elegantly drank it.

With a tone of provocation, he began, “You can give it a try, and I’ll play along. But…”

Maverick paused for a moment, his expression serious and cautious. He then added, “Gwendolyn is not anyone’s personal possession. I learned this a long time ago. She has always been independent and full of ideas, and her decisions cannot be influenced by others.”

“Of course, but I can guide her in making choices, just like last night.”

When the incident from the night before was mentioned, Maverick’s dark eyes narrowed. As he exuded a fierce aura, the surrounding atmosphere chilled.

Charles sat up and looked him in the eye. “I taught her how to shoot. She’s very smart and learns quickly. Last night, I was right behind her and saw her every move clearly.”

Maverick realized what Charles wanted to say and suddenly furrowed his brows.

you are just a pet. She rewards you when you obey and punishes you when you don’t. She stopped

thin lips tightened as his deep and cold eyes

his expression and laughed

the next moment, Maverick also

Central Intelligence Agency. You’re skilled at sowing discord, manipulating emotions, and exploiting people’s vulnerabilities. You can

hearing this, Charles narrowed his eyes and gazed

was up to. This revealed that the latter did not look as

secretly

his light-hearted smile

much you truly mean to her? When faced with life and death, who will she care about more? Is it

two men stared

cold and profound depth,

of a meeting when suddenly, a

It was very noisy.

exchanging glances, Gwendolyn and Yulia stood up and opened

in a suit was arguing with the

“What’s wrong?” Gwendolyn asked.

that you cannot meet visitors as you are in a meeting with

man nodded respectfully to

and found him familiar-looking. “Are you Charles’

was visibly

but this matter is quite urgent. You see, Mr. Newton and

“Life-or-death game?”

slightly. “What is Charles

private room at Realm Bar. Please come with me to persuade

darkened almost

and told Yulia, “You can go ahead and do your work. We’ll

the instructions, she quickly

she opened the door to the private room, she saw the

arranged gun parts were displayed on the coffee table in between

desire to win

door, quickly stood up and blocked

unfriendly tone, she demanded, “What are you

glanced behind him and said to

raised an eyebrow and leisurely fastened the two loose buttons before his

that Maverick moved to the side,

authoritatively, she cast a cold glance at the array of gun