The Ex and Her Riches

As expected, the little meanie Gwendolyn was not so easy to deal with.

He shook his head and sighed inwardly, vowing to himself never to mess with this young domineering lady in the future.

On the other end of the call, Asher had no idea that he had been played by Gwendolyn. He said earnestly, “I heard from Treyton that you’ve been gathering evidence on the Lane family from Fairlake recently, so I took the liberty of looking into it for you since I have the time. I’ll have Treyton fax it to your office tomorrow.”

Gwendolyn chuckled to herself inwardly.

She thought that this timing was too convenient as Asher should not have had so much free time.

It seemed that this was premeditated, and Asher had deliberately waited for her to be punished before bringing up the matter.

So, is he using the carrot and stick method?

Although it was a bit unpleasant to think about, Gwendolyn remembered her promise to let Asher use her as a punching bag once for tricking him.

In her opinion, it was worth it.

There was also no reason not to accept the evidence that was going to be delivered straight to her hand.

Gwendolyn reluctantly agreed and showered Asher with a series of compliments before finally managing to end the call.

Since Maverick was in the hospital, it was quite late by the time Gwendolyn finished kneeling. She quickly tidied up a room and asked Treyton to make do with it for his stay at Bay Villa for a night.

The next morning, Gwendolyn went to work at Wright Construction Group as usual.

The evidence Asher had gathered was quickly sent to her via fax as promised. She gathered the papers and bound them together into a booklet before carefully reading through them.

As expected, Asher’s efficiency was truly impressive once he took action.

This evidence was detailed enough to put Samantha in prison for the rest of her life.

Tomorrow, she would bring justice to the Lane family.

She called Yulia for a meeting and was busy until the afternoon.

She thought of Maverick, who was still recovering in the hospital. She then made a call to William and instructed him to find a small item for her.

Gwendolyn packed up her things and headed back to Bay Villa first when it was time to get off work.

She saw Elven upon arriving at the villa entrance, which was not something she had expected.

She frowned and asked, “Why are you here instead of staying at the hospital?”

hospital, so he insisted that Dr. Xenakis re-examine him and complete

already been discharged

silent for a moment. She had planned to visit Maverick at the

healed since

close to her and whispered,

huh?” Looks like Maverick is

frowned, an indescribable look in her

his room as soon as he returned, and he hasn’t come out

“I see. Okay.”

expression on her face as she walked straight into the villa and headed up to the second

Maverick’s room was closed, but it was

the door open and entered the room. The bed was neatly made,

the window, dressed in a luxurious dark suit. He was admiring the sunset outside the floor-to-ceiling window

was late autumn, the sunlight that fell upon one’s

graced his handsome, perfect side profile only served to make his face appear even more divine

his thin lips were dark and chapped. His face was also extremely pale, as if he had no blood within him, which just

It will put pressure on the

he did not

“You’re back.”

to stand. “I was so engrossed that I lost track of time. You must be hungry,

well, I’ll let you take a

held his shoulder, guiding

him, she realized how cold and icy his entire body was as if he had no

“Why are you so cold? You don’t look well. Is the wound on your back still

“It stopped hurting a while ago. I guess my hands and feet are cold because I’ve been lying down for

simply didn’t

in a weak voice, his eyelashes trembling from time to time.

down and let me take a look at your injury,” she

not a big deal. It’s almost healed, and it’s wrapped in gauze anyway. Even if you take off my clothes, you won’t be

he had said was

Gwendolyn reluctantly let go.

support and staggered slightly. He quickly reached back to support himself on

curled the corner of his pale lips slightly, appearing somewhat languid. “It’s rare to see you care

rolled her eyes at

with a serious expression, “You know I don’t like being indebted to others. Since you saved me this time, I’ll grant you one request. What

request

his head, making eye contact with her, a faint glimmer flashing in his dark

try my best to

knew very

don’t have much time

stand

and

his courage, he slipped his hands through her trench coat, tightly encircling her

was warm, while his