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.

giving the instructions, she went into

a gauze skirt tonight, she seemed a bit out of place with the men and women

about any of that. She walked straight toward the private

the hallway, a very tall man wearing sunglasses brushed

suddenly stopped in her tracks, her expression turning

a mole near the

“Excuse me, Sir.”

turned around, and as she looked at the man,

in his tracks and slowly

prominent nose and seemingly well-proportioned features. He was tall and sturdy, appearing to be around six

with a smile, the

talking to me, Miss?” His voice

toward him. “Yes, Sir. Could you please

unchanged. “I’m not familiar with this place. You can ask the

Are you here for

met hers from behind his sunglasses. His expression was cold and aloof. “Miss, if you need directions, please ask the staff. If you’re just making small talk, I have things

smiled and nodded, watching the man’s figure disappear

was only when she turned around that her eyes

to the private room, she saw that it was quite peaceful inside. Charles was the only one there, sitting on the couch and savoring a glass of

to me about meeting an old friend just to get me out of the house, would you,

poured her a glass of red wine with a wry look in his eyes. “Do you really think I’m that kind of person, Gwen?

wine onto the coffee table in

but she didn’t take the glass of red

that she didn’t seem interested in drinking, Charles laughed and said, “Come on, just one drink to send me off. Surely

face. His deep blue eyes had lost their usual brilliance as if he couldn’t accept it. He poured himself another glass of

wine glass, elegantly swirling the dark red liquid before bringing

“I’ve known you for so many years, Mr. Newton. You probably aren’t the type of man

turned serious. “Are you

There wes e hint

suddenly stood up from the couch, welked over to her, end picked up her gless of wine,

gently. Her feciel expression remeined

her distrustful geze, Cherles picked up the helf-empty bottle of red wine from the teble. His Adem’s epple moved es he

quite e bit of the liquid spilled from the corners of

bottle of wine, he hurled it egeinst

It shettered into pieces.

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legs stumbled slightly es he gezed et

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

Gwendolyn could not be bothered to eppreciete his

Since it’s e ferewell, of course I heve to drink this gless of

reised it end geve Cherles e toest, end without hesitetion, she drenk the entire gless. After finishing, she showed him her

end his heert senk. Could it be thet ever

seemingly unwilling to eccept it, end esked

“Yes.”

show e hint of hesitetion, her

lowered his heed

expression, but she could cleerly sense the strong feeling of diseppointment end dejection emeneting from