The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 187

Discount? Is he begging for mercy?

Gwendolyn chuckled softly. He had been so tough in accepting his punishment just now, but he seemed to have backed down now. She had thought he was not afraid of pain.

She said nothing and untied the belt around his wrists.

Maverick wanted to avoid her, but she forcefully pinned his arms down, leaving him no choice but to bury his face in the blanket again, feeling defeated.

It seems she disagrees with a lighter punishment.

Just now, he had used all his strength to endure the pain of removing the rotten flesh from his wound, so his body felt weak and powerless now.

He might pass out if Ezra were to whip him two hundred times in the garden.

Gwendolyn would definitely sense something was off if he fainted. She might even take the opportunity to examine his wound. It had been three days since he was injured, and the injury caused by sulfuric acid was clearly different. With Gwendolyn’s cleverness, there was no way he could hide it from her.

As he lay there thinking, Gwendolyn had already undone the belt for him.

She stood by the edge of the bed and tilted her head to observe his reaction with a mischievous smirk on her lips. “Shall we?”

Maverick did not budge an inch.

Gwendolyn did not expect him to move, so she turned around and was prepared to close the open window.

“Although my physical strength has recovered, my back still hurts, and I don’t have any strength…” Maverick said softly as he grabbed her wrist, thinking she was going to leave the room. This punishment is too heavy. I might not be able to endure it.

He took a deep breath and continued, “If you can’t give a discount, can you perhaps postpone the penalty until after autumn?”

He meant to wait until he recovered from his injuries before accepting the punishment.

Gwendolyn had just wanted to tease him. She did not really intend to punish him.

that he got hurt in the first place. Although she had given him the

The 023 special drug will

for a moment and slowly sat up. His dark eyes were slightly lowered as he avoided

the day I was splashed with sulphuric acid. Then, I spent the entire day cleaning the villa. That’s why I’ve been feeling weak and

sorted out her thoughts and realized this seemed to be

from a sulfuric acid burn at his weakest moment. After he used the antidote, his strength recovered

It made sense now.

I’ll trust you just this once. I’ll keep the tab in mind. If you dare to

slightly and let out a soft

have seven days left. I

casually said, “I have some things to

“Okay.”

“Get some rest.”

gaze, turned around, and left his room. She closed the door and

on the couch, gradually regaining consciousness. However, they still

to ask William, who seemed to be the most awake among

you see before

his

really was Nico. It seems Maverick didn’t lie about this

name now. Seems like you’ve been getting

“Ms. Shalders, we…”

yet he could not

showed no intention of listening to his

you not only let outsiders in without permission but also carelessly allowed yourselves to be drugged and rendered unconscious. This is utterly disgraceful. You will not receive your salary for two months and your year-end bonus. If this happens again,

three people who regained consciousness were on

Gwendolyn, who had not had dinner, ordered some takeout.

had a very important task

Group suddenly flooded the

found out the next morning when they

was

came across a news article online about a construction accident at a building site owned by Lane Group, which resulted in the deaths of several workers. At the time, the Lane family had used their connections to cover up the news because the compensation costs were quite high. Consequently, Shirley had arranged for someone to visit the victims’ families and issue death threats

time had passed, it was surprising

mostly healed, and she stormed

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