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?”

explained, “Mr. Wright said he didn’t want to stay in the hospital, so

already been discharged

She had planned to visit Maverick at the hospital

injury has mostly healed since he can

about to walk inside, Elven leaned in close to her and whispered, “Ms. Shalders, I think there’s something odd about Mr. Wright

you think so, huh?” Looks like Maverick

frowned, an indescribable look in

nodded. “Mr. Wright went straight into his room as soon as he returned, and he hasn’t

“I see. Okay.”

walked straight into the villa and headed

Maverick’s room was closed, but it was not

entered the room. The bed was neatly made, showing

the window, dressed in a luxurious dark suit. He was admiring the sunset outside the floor-to-ceiling window in a leisurely and relaxed demeanor, his eyes cool

late autumn, the sunlight that fell upon one’s body would not feel

faint halo from the sunlight that graced his handsome, perfect side profile only served to

His face was also extremely pale, as if he had no blood within him,

pressure on

in the beauty of the sunset, so he did not

“You’re back.”

to stand. “I was so engrossed that I lost track of time. You must be hungry, right? I’ll go cook

okay. If you’re not feeling well, I’ll let you take a day off

his shoulder, guiding

him, she realized how cold and icy his entire body was as if he

You don’t look well. Is

cold because I’ve

simply didn’t

his eyelashes trembling from time to time. She felt that he was always forcing himself to

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

said was true

Gwendolyn reluctantly let go.

slightly. He quickly reached

Gwendolyn staring at him, he curled the corner of his pale lips slightly, appearing somewhat languid.

rolled her eyes at

said with a serious expression, “You know

request will

lifted his head, making eye contact with her,

remarriage and emotional demands, I will try my best to fulfill everything else you ask for.

laughed, for she knew very well that those were

it. I don’t have much time left

Just stand there and don’t

nodded and

up straight. Gathering his courage, he slipped his hands through her trench coat, tightly

was warm, while