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?”

said he didn’t want to stay in the hospital, so he insisted that Dr. Xenakis re-examine him

already been discharged

a moment. She had planned to visit

healed since he can be discharged from

her and whispered, “Ms. Shalders,

think so, huh?” Looks like Maverick is

frowned, an indescribable look in her

“Mr. Wright went straight into 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

door of Maverick’s room was

the door open and entered the room. The bed was neatly made, showing no signs of anyone having laid

quietly on the lounge chair by 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

sunlight that fell upon one’s body

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

she got closer, Gwendolyn noticed his thin lips were dark and chapped. His face was also extremely pale, as if he had no blood within him, which just proved that he was still

It will put pressure on

he did not notice Gwendolyn

“You’re back.”

lost track of time. You must be hungry, right? I’ll go cook something

well, I’ll let you take a day off

shoulder, guiding him to sit back

how cold and icy his entire

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

because I’ve been

simply didn’t

to time. She felt that

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.

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

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

rolled her eyes

that he did 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.

Any request

making eye contact with her,

try my best to fulfill everything else you

just laughed, for she knew very well that those were all

it. I don’t have much

Just stand

nodded and

from the lounge chair, and he sat up straight. Gathering his courage, he slipped his hands through her trench coat, tightly encircling her slender waist. “Let me hold you for a moment. Just

while