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.

and remembered the plan Swain had come up with

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

are you doing?” Maverick

on your back can’t be treated by ordinary medicine from any hospital dispensary. Professor Yancey has provided a healing ointment for S404

That makes sense.

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

had been three days since the viral infection. At this point, the wound had already festered, and the surrounding skin and flesh had begun to

not help inhaling sharply at the jarring

using a towel, he first wiped the bloodstains

cold sweat, his veins bulging and his jaw

sympathy for the man and remembered the tranquilizer gun they had brought with them. “Boss, should

The 023 antidote is working. I

no choice but to grit his teeth and apply the ointment on

not remain idle, either, and seized

his eye, he caught a glimpse of several figures outside

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

Maverick frowned. “So soon?”

glanced out the window again. “She came back

no choice but to speed up in applying the ointment while Swain quickly

just about to step through the iron gates of the

The bodyguards are still lying in the garden! There’s no

back from Bay Hill,

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

in the future. She would never

that did not mean she was prepared to watch Maverick

her way into the garden, only to stumble upon Elven and the

and Justin were

the villa been

his keen observation, he noticed that all three

were all knocked out by tranquilizers,” he

make Elven and the other two put their guards down and lure them out of their hiding spots, thereafter knocking out all three of them at once. It could only be accomplished

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

up to the second floor, and pushed open

on the edge of the bed. He was wearing

quickly fastened the last two buttons at his collar and asked, “What are

little worn out from running all the way