The Ex and Her Riches

Maverick gazed up at her, a flattering smile playing at his thin lips.

Gwendolyn cast a deep, meaningful glance at the man.

Indeed, he was due to be taught a lesson that night, and Gwendolyn’s anger simply would not subside until the man was crying and pleading for mercy.

She extended her hand toward him. “Belt.”

Without hesitation, Maverick swiftly unfasted the metal buckle and obediently handed the belt to her. Then, he turned around and faced away from the woman.

Gwendolyn felt a shiver course through her entire being. She folded the belt in half, her eyes glinting with resolution and intensity. Lifting the belt high into the air, she readied herself to strike the wounded back before her.

However, before she could swing the belt in her hand, her gaze involuntarily landed on the palm-sized burn on the man’s back.

The vividly crimson flesh and the gruesome wound provoked unease. It was so strikingly conspicuous that it was hard to ignore.

Besides, he’d sustained the injury by shielding her. Otherwise, it would be her face that was bearing such agony.

As Gwendolyn pondered on this, she experienced a surge of conflicting emotions. It felt as though an unseen force held her wrist, preventing her from lowering it no matter what.

She released a silent sigh and seemed to have deflated all of a sudden, for she realized, much to her vexation, that she actually started to feel sorry for him.

This feeling made Gwendolyn very unhappy.

The three years she had spent in the Wright residence were akin to enduring a living hell, devoid of any semblance of warmth. Following the divorce, she had observed some changes in Maverick and his growing sincerity. It would be disingenuous if she said she remained unmoved.

Nevertheless, Gwendolyn refused to tread upon that familiar path again.

No matter how much she attempted to sever the ties between him and herself, in the end, she would be the one to wind up hurt.

At that thought, she tightened her grip on the belt, trembling as though she had made a momentous decision.

Maverick remained motionless, not uttering a single word nor furrowing his brows.

the involuntary tensing of his muscles throughout his body, it seemed as if he was

the red mark she had inflicted, her gaze unconsciously shifting to the center of his back, where the bloody, blurred

thrown into turmoil, and despite everything, she couldn’t

and threw the leather belt back at him. “Hurry

Gwendolyn lifted the quilt and, with her back turned to Maverick,

off guard, Maverick staggered

then rose to retrieve the shirt and suit from the dressing

the clothes directly to avoid soiling them. Instead, he simply held

beheld Gwendolyn lying on her side on the bed, her back facing him. She hadn’t

wearing your coat. It won’t be comfortable to

and replied, “I

her bed, his gaze fixed on

sense it, a surge of anger rushing to her head. Suddenly, she sat up abruptly, her

“Get out!”

steadily and placed it on the dressing table for

then grabbed another

caught it once again, and a gentle smile

everything within reach from the bedside table—tissue boxes, ornaments, books, and more—directly at

never missing a beat. He then

his face

Gwendolyn’s eyes, it felt like

at any moment. She searched on the bedside table for a while but found nothing. When she looked down, she realized that she had already thrown everything away,

so, she extended her hand of guilt toward the table lamp. The lamp was still plugged

hands in surrender, saying, “Stop! I was wrong. I’ll leave

at him fiercely until he closed the door and vanished from her sight. Only then did she place the table lamp back

the bedside table, she quietly got out of bed, retrieved

the next morning

word. Regardless of what Maverick

headed to Angle right after

Maverick, so all she had to do was

made a phone call to

repeated the name of the potion that Maverick mentioned

response was essentially the same as

contact with someone from Shadow Bell once again and searched for images of skin damage caused by the potent S40 strong corrosive potion. Since it was a laboratory