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?”

to stay in the hospital, so he insisted that Dr. Xenakis re-examine him and

already been discharged from the

had planned to visit Maverick at the hospital that

has mostly healed since he

leaned in close to her and whispered, “Ms. Shalders, I

Looks

an indescribable look

his room as soon as he returned,

“I see. Okay.”

had a steely expression on her face as she walked straight into the villa

Maverick’s room was closed, but it was not

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

was admiring the sunset outside the floor-to-ceiling window

autumn, the sunlight that fell upon one’s body

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

closer, Gwendolyn noticed his thin lips were dark and chapped. His face was also extremely pale, as if he

flat. It will put pressure on the wound on

he did not notice Gwendolyn approaching him until she was right at his

“You’re back.”

that I lost track of time. You

you’re not feeling well, I’ll

guiding him to sit

touching him, she realized how cold and icy his entire body

You don’t look well. Is the wound on your

cold because I’ve been lying down for too long, but I’m fine. I just need

simply didn’t

from time to time. She felt

a look at your injury,” she

clutched his collar tightly, refusing to let go. “My injury is really not a big deal. It’s almost healed, and it’s wrapped in gauze anyway. Even if

had said was

Gwendolyn reluctantly let go.

He quickly reached back to support

appearing somewhat languid. “It’s rare to see you care about me like that.

her

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. Since you saved me

request will

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

demands, I will try my best to fulfill everything else you ask for. Just

just laughed, for she knew very well that those were

it. I don’t have much

stand there and

nodded and

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

warm, while his was