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?”

the hospital, so he insisted that

been discharged from the

had planned to visit Maverick at the hospital that

mostly healed since he can be discharged from the

close to her and whispered, “Ms. Shalders, I think there’s something odd about Mr.

Looks

indescribable look in her

room as soon as he returned, and he hasn’t

“I see. Okay.”

on her face as she walked straight into the villa and headed

room was closed, but it was not

The bed was neatly made, showing no signs of anyone

window, dressed in a luxurious dark suit. He was admiring

late autumn, the sunlight that fell upon one’s body would

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

and chapped. His face was also extremely pale, as if he

It will put pressure on the wound

did

“You’re back.”

I lost track of time.

feeling well, I’ll let

guiding him to sit

she realized how cold and icy his entire body was as

don’t look well. Is the wound on

slight smile to reassure her. “It stopped hurting a while ago. I guess my hands and feet are cold because I’ve been lying down for too long, but I’m fine. I just need to rest

simply didn’t believe

from time to time. She felt that he was

a look at your injury,” she said and began to remove his

almost healed, and it’s wrapped in gauze anyway. Even if

said was true

Gwendolyn reluctantly let go.

staggered slightly. He quickly reached back to support himself on

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

rolled her eyes

save her this time, she didn’t ridicule or mock him. Instead, she said with a serious expression, “You know I don’t like being indebted to others.

request

making eye contact with her, a faint

remarriage and emotional demands, I will try my best to fulfill everything else

for she knew very well that

I don’t have much

stand there

nodded and

his hands through her trench coat, tightly encircling her slender waist. “Let me hold you for a moment. Just a moment will

was warm, while his