The Ex and Her Riches

It was raining heavily, and the bodyguard held an umbrella over Frida.

She walked to the side alone to examine the letter.

No one witnessed the expression of shock on her face.

She tightly clutched the letter, her eyes filled with complex emotions. After a few minutes of internal conflict, she stowed away the envelope and returned to Maverick’s grave.

“Mom, what did Maverick say?”

Frida’s face bore a look of devastation as she completely disregarded Sheralyn, seemingly oblivious to her question.

“Mom, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare me! What did Maverick write in the letter?”

Sheralyn attempted to grab the envelope from Frida’s hand, but the latter skillfully evaded her. Sheralyn thought it was odd and went to snatch the letter again.

In a moment of desperation, Frida tore and crumpled the letter she had opened before swiftly stuffing it into her mouth and swallowing it.

“Mom, what are you doing!”

“Mrs. Wright!”

Everyone was stunned by her action.

Instead of giving everyone an explanation, Frida rushed into the rain and hugged the cold tombstone of Maverick. She wailed, “Maverick! My son, you were still so young. How could you leave me and your sister behind…”

She howled until her voice was hoarse, and the grief etched on her face touched everyone present, causing their eyes to unconsciously turn red.

Coming from a prestigious family, Frida had always maintained an air of nobility. It was the first time she had publicly lost control, embracing the tombstone while crying uncontrollably. Surprisingly, no one deemed her behavior inappropriate.

Even her act of swallowing the entire letter moments ago was understandable. A mother had lost her beloved son, after all. Moreover, Maverick was the most promising child of the Wright family.

Frida’s heart was irreparably shattered.

Gwendolyn watched from a distance, her eyes red but devoid of tears, and her expression remained stoic.

palms. It was as if her heart had grown so numb that she could

of collapsing from her incessant tears. Fortunately, with Sheralyn’s support and persuasive words, her emotional

funeral finally came to an end. The business partners, relatives, and friends departed one after the other, each in

lamented the untimely demise of a

Wright family, recognizing that their lives would be challenging with Dexter

escorted Frida

standing under the tree nearby. In an instant, intense anger surged within her. “It’s all because of you! You’re the

back

a cold face, “Mind your words! She knew nothing about the matter,

“Knew nothing about it?”

locked her gaze on Gwendolyn. “So she thinks she can absolve herself by feigning ignorance? My brother sacrificed his life

the latter could curse

looked back at her mother in disbelief. “Mom! She’s the one who got Maverick killed! What’s wrong with scolding her? Don’t you hate her too? Are

her head down and

face, Frida approached Gwendolyn and offered

what

words and looked at Gwendolyn before she said in a heavy tone, “I apologize to you for what my daughter said. She is overwhelmed with grief and speaks without thinking.

Gwendolyn was dumbfounded.

has always been mean to me. Why is she acting so different

for his death. Don’t you hate

a bittersweet smile. “Mr. Harris is right. If Maverick made such a choice, it means he must have loved you

caused Gwendolyn’s heart to ache, and she felt a slight soreness at the tip of her

trying to stop the tears from

a blank envelope from her bag and handed it to Gwendolyn. “He requested for

took it

added, “Let’s set the letter aside for now. Find a seat and take your time to

leaned on each other for support and left

friends who had come to pay their respects had left, she entered the

small photo adorned

by the raindrops that fell heavily upon

Gwendolyn easily recognized the familiar yet

It was Maverick.

previously scoured her phone and villa for a photo of him but to no avail. It suddenly dawned on her that she would only be able to

wiped the water droplets off the photo, her movements gentle and patient, repeating the process

she had ever truly loved. From now on, she would never hear

her tears as she tirelessly wiped off the water