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.

jacket, dug deeply into her palms. It was as if her heart had grown so numb that she could no

on the verge of collapsing from her incessant tears. Fortunately, with Sheralyn’s support and persuasive words, her emotional outbursts gradually

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

individuals lamented the untimely demise

recognizing that their lives would be challenging with Dexter

had left, Sheralyn escorted Frida out

instant, intense anger surged within her. “It’s all because of you! You’re the cause of my brother’s demise! If it weren’t for you, why would he be

did not argue back but

couldn’t bear to see his younger sister getting bullied and said with a cold face, “Mind your words! She knew nothing about the matter,

“Knew nothing about it?”

thinks she can absolve herself by feigning ignorance? My brother sacrificed his life for her! But look at her, not

Sheralyn before the latter could

What’s wrong with scolding her? Don’t

down and

face, Frida approached

what you’re doing?

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.

always been mean to me. Why is

his death. Don’t you

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

words “loved you deeply” caused Gwendolyn’s heart to ache, and she felt a slight soreness

palm, trying to stop the tears

handed it to Gwendolyn. “He requested for

took it with

set the letter aside for now. Find a seat and take

Sheralyn leaned on each other for

letter inside her bag. After all the relatives and friends who had come to pay their respects had left, she

photo adorned

marred by the raindrops that fell heavily upon

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 behold his image on the tombstone in

her movements gentle and patient, repeating the process again

loved. From now on, she would

tears as she tirelessly