The Ex and Her Riches

Nico belatedly looked up, only to find a pair of bloodstained hands with slender fingers tightly gripping his wrist.

Maverick had woken up.

That was not all. He had also recovered most of his strength after receiving the 023 antidote injection earlier.

He lay on the chaise lounge and turned his head to look at Nico. A faint smile curled on his bloodstained lips as he chuckled and said, “I’m not going down so easily, so pull yourself together.”

“Boss!” Nico’s eyes flashed with shock and delight, but then he continued to cry, “You scared me to death! I really thought you were gone!”

Swain, who was considerably younger than Nico, had been scared witless, too.

At that moment, the two men burst into tears in front of Maverick, completely dispensing with their image. After a while, they started laughing with relief as tears continued to stream down their faces, making for a rather comical sight.

Maverick gently patted Nico’s shoulder, comforting him, “I was just exhausted. The S404 RNA virus caused my heart and pulse to go into temporary cessation, but I heard everything you said.”

“Then why didn’t you answer me?” Nico was furious and angrily pounded on Maverick’s arm.

Stupid boss! He made me cry like a baby! I completely humiliated myself!

Maverick furrowed his brows and let out a pained grunt.

“Sorry, sorry, I shouldn’t have hit you!” Nico looked distressed. To punish himself, he hit his own right arm with his left fist.

Maverick sat up and said, “All right, tell me what’s the deal with this suppressant.”

Nico wiped the tears from his face and turned to look at Swain.

Swain nodded, sniffed, and reported earnestly, “Professor Yancey was shocked to learn that you were infected with the S404 RNA virus. This suppressant cannot cure the disease, but it can temporarily inhibit the virus, thereby allowing the body to recover for a short period of time. The effects of the medication can last up to a week at most…”

One week. Maverick considered this. That means I can stay in Fairlake for another seven days at most.

Nico chimed in, “Boss, you must go back for treatment this time. Professor Yancey has already started working on the antidote, and they need you to return for blood tests. Don’t you want to recover and have a long and happy future with Ms. Shalders?”

Maverick pursed his lips and made no reply.

He had promised Gwendolyn to disappear from her world after a year, and she still had evidence of this in her phone. To stay by her side forever was no easy endeavor, and it required some forethought.

on this and remembered the plan Swain

deep in thought when he suddenly felt someone tugging on his clothes. He snapped out of his reverie and saw Nico pawing at

you doing?”

has provided a healing ointment for S404 burns. The least you could do is let me

That makes sense.

did not hesitate to unbutton his shirt. He elegantly removed his dark suit jacket, then proceeded to shrug off his blouse

defining lines of his muscular back was a palm-sized

infection. At this point, the wound

Nico could not help inhaling sharply at

basin of hot water from the bathroom. Then, using a towel, he first wiped the bloodstains off Maverick’s back,

in a cold sweat, his veins bulging and his

sympathy for the man and remembered the tranquilizer gun they had brought

023 antidote is working. I can handle this

choice but to grit his teeth

seized the opportunity to clean up

out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of several figures outside the villa gates

paused his cleaning and took a proper look this time. Then, his eyes widened as he hastily cried, “Ms. Shalders is

Maverick frowned. “So soon?”

out the window again. “She came back here on foot! I don’t see Charles

time, Nico had no choice but to speed up in applying the ointment while Swain

was just about to step through the iron gates of the

gasped dramatically as he remembered something. “Oh, no! The bodyguards are still lying in

the way back from Bay Hill, her anxiety

had stopped hating Maverick ever since he rescued her at Crane Bridge, and he no longer owed

future. She would never consider remarrying him, let alone

that did not mean she

way into the garden, only to stumble upon Elven and the others lying unconscious in the

Justin were both

villa been

noticed that all three of the unconscious men had a pinprick

all knocked out by tranquilizers,”

down and lure them out of their hiding spots, thereafter knocking out all three of them at once. It could only

the three of them to the living room first. Find a way to wake them up,

villa, headed up to the second floor, and pushed open Maverick’s bedroom

found Maverick sitting on the edge of the bed. He was wearing

last two buttons at his collar and asked, “What are you doing

to catch her breath. She was a little worn out from running all the