The Ex and Her Riches

Gwendolyn’s expression gradually hardened as she stared at him in disbelief.

With her tone a little melancholic, she said, “You don’t trust me?”

Charles chuckled. “Silly girl, I was just joking with you. Of course, I trust you. But was this wine prepared by you or Maverick? I don’t trust him.”

Gwendolyn showed him her empty red wine glass in her hand.

“I’ve already had a glass. So if the wine was tampered with, I should be the first to go down.”

Charles remained silent, gently swirling the red wine in his glass without taking a sip.

Gwendolyn was getting a bit upset. She pouted and glanced at the full bottle of red wine next to her. “Do you want me to do the same as you did last time? Should I finish the whole bottle of wine for you to believe me?”

Charles remained silent.

In a fit of defiance, Gwendolyn reached out to grab the entire bottle of red wine on the table.

Charles stopped her. “I believe you. Even if this bottle contains poison, I would still drink it because you are like a beautiful poison to me and have intoxicated me for a long time.”

He smiled dotingly. Finally, tilting his head back, he drank the glass of wine.

In the garden, Charles’ two confidants stood by the entrance, resembling a pair of statues.

Elven took the initiative to approach the two of them.

“Hey, it’s getting late. Have you two had dinner yet? We’ve secretly grilled some barbecue in the backyard. Do you want to come over and give it a try?”

Both confidants had cold expressions as they firmly rejected the invitation.

“No need.”

Elven was very patient. “Don’t be afraid. Ms. Shalders has always been very friendly. With her around, Mr. Newton won’t get angry. Besides, it’s already dinner time. Given the relationship between Mr. Newton and Ms. Shalders, we’ll all eventually become like family, so consider this an early opportunity to get acquainted.”

This time, both hesitated briefly before saying, “No need.”

They were stubborn. Elven was starting to wonder how he should continue to persuade them without being too eager, as it would raise their suspicions.

came running over with two grilled pork belly skewers

try! Ms. Shalders said she and Mr. Newton was going to drink to their hearts’ desire. So, they want us to eat well and enjoy ourselves too. There are two bottles of beer

“All right then.”

took the skewers and ate one right in front

many people could resist the allure of grilled pork belly. They just smelled way too

of the two. They stared at the meat in Elven’s

Newton probably won’t leave until very late tonight. Who knows how long you two will be hungry? We have both beer and wine

Ultimately, they could not resist the temptation of the grilled skewers. The

meal lasted until a little

face flushed red, and his usually deep, azure eyes seemed

change of heart. In this world, no man

just smiled, not

you needed me the most. Instead, I went to the Central Intelligence Agency to chase fame and fortune. I’ve blamed

reminisced, the smile on Gwendolyn’s face gradually

you’re drunk and talking nonsense. It’s getting late. You should head

but Gwendolyn called Justin over to

they couldn’t drive. Justin was the only bodyguard who had

took the responsibility of driving Charles and the other two back

completely disappeared from Bay Villa,

her eyes fixed straight ahead. Her expression

called out to

to reality. “Were the two

drugs to their drinks. It should take effect while they’re on the

a chance to assess Maverick’s

bottle of red wine

the highway. Since it was rather late at night, there was

very comfortable temperature. Having

Charles managed to maintain a relatively clear

drove with his eyes fixed straight ahead, suddenly, an icy cold gun was pressed

It was Charles.

the way back to my place. Where are you trying

and since the two confidants had a strong sense of

window and discovered that Justin was taking them to

atmosphere inside the

You were all asleep so I didn’t want to wake you up. I thought taking this

remained unchanged.

“Oh, okay!”

and abruptly spun the steering wheel. The