The Ex and Her Riches

His heart ached intensely. The suffocation he felt in his chest made it almost impossible for him to catch his breath.

What should I do to win her back?

Gwendolyn turned her head, picked up a footstool next to the small couch in the room, and sat down facing him with a look of seriousness on her face.

“I’m giving you the antidote not because I’m trying to force you to terminate the agreement, but because I’ve noticed that you’ve been in constant pain lately. Due to the effects of the 023 special drug, your pain will only get more intense. Since you saved me this time, I want to help you relieve the severe pain as a way to repay you.”

Maverick stared at her intently. He did not respond.

Gwendolyn continued to explain, “About the employment agreement… Since we have already settled it last time and I still have your recorded promise, I won’t bring it up again.”

Does this mean she no longer has her initial guard up against me? Does this mean that everything I’ve done recently has brought me one step closer to her?

“Aren’t you afraid that after giving me the antidote, you won’t be able to beat me in a fight and I’ll bully and hurt you?”

Gwendolyn’s red lips curved into a seductive smile.

“Will you do that?”

Maverick’s pale, thin lips curved slightly as he gave a decisive answer. “I won’t.”

Gwendolyn suddenly narrowed her eyes, a mischievous smirk appearing at the corner of her mouth. “Aren’t you afraid that what I give you isn’t the antidote for 023, but an even stronger and more torturous drug?”

“You won’t do that.”

Even if she were truly that ruthless, as long as it was her request, he would not hesitate to inject the drug.

“Yes, I won’t. So, this is the real antidote, and it’s in your hands now. Go ahead and inject it,” Gwendolyn said in a casual tone.

Now?

Maverick glanced down at the box in his hand.

At that moment, he was almost pushing himself to the limit, feeling incredibly weak all over.

If he proceeded with the injection then, Gwendolyn, with her keen perception, would definitely notice that something was off with his body.

did not like being indebted to others. If she knew that it wasn’t sulfuric acid at the bar that night, but rather the S404 RNA virus, she would feel quite

not equate

neither spoke nor moved an

you really

said in a deep voice, albeit weakly, “Last time, I performed the injection myself, but this

his tone faintly tinged

refused as she met

“Just this

it. However, the man did not seem to have any intention of undressing. Instead, he leaned back and lay down

your clothes and give

his neck that was as pale as paper. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he said,

what he wanted with a single needle. She did not hold

the jugular vein is

furrowed his

syringe the thickness of a pinky

bin. Then, she turned around only to

languid and listless,

had always felt that something was off about him. Just as she was about to continue questioning, Maverick spoke first. “Gwendolyn, if I die, will you remember

light and breezy, with a touch of

and scoffed, “When you die, I’ll quickly forget your existence and move on with my life. However, they say that misfortune lingers

are a… cold-hearted, wicked woman.” Maverick chuckled softly, his tone of complaint laced with

was even more amusing was that he particularly adored

had already fallen deeply for her. He could not extricate himself from her

not deny his statement. “I

on his incredibly pale lips as his long, curly eyelashes trembled

were now staring dimly

resembled a sickly person on his

observed him, the more

condition was

insides of the body. Moreover, she had given him the antidote for the 023 special

were unable to find out what’s wrong with your body? Come on, let’s go to the best hospital in Fairlake and get

Maverick up when Justin knocked on the door and came

you in person. His car is parked right outside

Maverick to the hospital first. “Come on, let’s go get a

couple of days to rest. You go ahead and

Gwendolyn frowned imperceptibly.

time Charles invited her to dinner, Maverick had put on quite a show in front of a large audience at the entrance of the

stop her, but he even

door, Justin asked cautiously, “Ms. Shalders, shall