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.

by anyone, her fingertips, concealed beneath Treyton’s suit jacket, dug deeply into her palms. It was

on the verge of collapsing from her incessant tears. Fortunately, with Sheralyn’s

The business partners, relatives, and

untimely demise of a young business

two remaining women in the Wright family, recognizing that their lives would be challenging with Dexter lurking in the background, ready

left, Sheralyn escorted

glanced up and noticed Gwendolyn standing under the tree nearby. In an instant, intense anger surged within her. “It’s all because of you!

back but

face,

“Knew nothing about it?”

eyes ablaze with anger as she locked her gaze on Gwendolyn. “So she thinks she can absolve herself by feigning ignorance? My brother

stopped Sheralyn before the latter

wrong with scolding her? Don’t you hate her too?

kept her head down

Frida approached

“Mom, do you realize what you’re doing? You’re actually bowing your head to

to you for what my daughter said. She is overwhelmed with grief and

Gwendolyn was dumbfounded.

me. Why is she acting so

responsible for his death. Don’t

down Frida’s cheeks as she wiped them away with a bittersweet smile. “Mr. Harris is right. If Maverick made such a choice, it means

Gwendolyn’s heart to ache, and she felt a slight

trying to stop

and handed it to Gwendolyn. “He requested for you to have this in private.

it with

the letter aside for now. Find a seat and take your time to

Frida and Sheralyn leaned on each other

and friends who had come to pay their respects had left, she

photo adorned the

marred by the raindrops that fell heavily

yet aloof countenance with just a

It was Maverick.

suddenly dawned on her

wiped the water droplets off the photo, her movements gentle and

the only man she had ever truly loved. From now on, she would

fought back her tears as she tirelessly wiped off the