The Ex and Her Riches

Ezra glanced at Justin beside him, feeling a bit worried. He said hesitantly, “Ms. Shalders…”

Gwendolyn waved her hand languidly. “You can leave now.”

No sooner had the two left than she then received a call from Treyton.

“Kiddo, Asher has checked carefully, and there isn’t a man with a similar appearance in the Harris family’s list of members.”

Gwendolyn pursed her lips, deep in thought.

Treyton continued, “It’s possible that your new recruit, Justin, is lying, or maybe this person is hiding something deep. In any case, you can’t fully trust him, and you need to be cautious when dealing with Justin.”

“All right, Treyton. Don’t worry. I know what to do.”

After hanging up the phone, she took out the notebook from her drawer and flipped to the page with the sketch of the person in black. She studied it carefully for a while before immersing herself back into her work.

It wasn’t until close to the end of the workday that she left with Justin to head to Realm Bar.

Justin was driving, while Gwendolyn sat in the back seat.

The atmosphere inside the car was serene, and every now and then, Justin would steal a glance at her through the rearview mirror.

Gwendolyn noticed his gaze.

“What do you want to say?”

Justin hesitated for a moment before saying, “Ms. Shalders, I was the one sent to kill you earlier. The people around you have always been suspicious of me. Why do you trust me? Aren’t you afraid that I might actually do something to you tonight, especially since you only have me to protect you?”

Gwendolyn smiled charmingly, her laughter enchanting and captivating.

“Since you’re already mine, of course, I’ll trust you completely. Besides, my own martial arts foundation isn’t bad either. I could probably take you on by myself.”

Justin also laughed.

She spoke candidly and refreshingly, which he quite liked.

The two of them were chatting quite harmoniously when Justin suddenly felt like teasing her, “What if I conspire with others and it’s not just me trying to kill you?”

Gwendolyn concealed the cold glint in her eyes and casually gazed out the window.

“Would you do that?”

Before Justin had a chance to respond, they arrived at Realm Bar.

Gwendolyn instructed him to hide in the shadows, and only come out when needed.

the instructions, she went into

a gauze skirt tonight, she seemed a bit

walked straight toward the private room Charles had reserved without glancing

the hallway, a very tall man wearing sunglasses

suddenly stopped in her tracks, her expression turning quite

a mole near

“Excuse me, Sir.”

looked at the

his tracks and

sunglasses, he had a prominent nose and seemingly well-proportioned features. He was tall and sturdy, appearing

Gwendolyn staring at him with a smile, the man felt a bit

to me, Miss?” His voice

lips and took two steps toward him. “Yes, Sir. Could you please tell me how to get to VIP

“I’m not familiar with this place. You

from Fairlake. Are you here for a visit?”

met hers from behind his sunglasses. His expression was cold and aloof. “Miss, if you need directions, please

the man’s figure disappear completely

when she turned around that her eyes gradually grew

was quite peaceful inside. Charles was the only one there, sitting on the couch and

lied to me about meeting an old friend just to

you really think I’m that kind of person, Gwen? Our old friends are indeed coming. They just haven’t arrived yet. In the meantime, we can enjoy some wine and

pushed a full glass of wine onto

a seat, but she didn’t

laughed and said, “Come on, just one drink to send me

finished speaking, he downed a glass of bitter wine with a melancholic expression on his face. His deep blue eyes had lost their usual brilliance as if he couldn’t accept it. He poured himself another glass of red wine and raised it toward

swirling the dark red liquid before bringing

asked tentatively, “I’ve known you for so many years, Mr. Newton. You probably aren’t the type of man to resort to despicable means,

greduelly turned serious. “Are you suspecting thet I drugged the

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her, end picked up her

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of his lips,

the entire bottle of wine, he hurled

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you believe

slightly

heet within his heert, he roughly end forcefully tore open the two buttons on his chest, reveeling e glimpse of his delicete collerbone. Peired with his

bothered to

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on his subtle movements, end his heert senk. Could it be thet

onto the couch, seemingly unwilling to eccept it, end esked one lest question, “Gwen, is it reelly… impossible

“Yes.”

e hint

lowered his heed

sense the strong feeling of diseppointment end dejection