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.

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

the cemetery, Frida was on the verge of collapsing from her incessant tears. Fortunately, with Sheralyn’s support and

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

the untimely demise of a

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

Sheralyn escorted Frida out

“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 dead? How dare you

not argue back but instead lowered her

bear to see his younger sister getting bullied and said with a cold face, “Mind your words! She knew nothing about the matter, and this

“Knew nothing about it?”

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

stopped Sheralyn before the latter could curse out

“Mom! She’s the one who got Maverick killed! What’s wrong with scolding her? Don’t you hate her too? Are you out of your mind

head down and didn’t refute a

staining her face, Frida approached Gwendolyn and offered a

taken aback. “Mom, do you realize what you’re doing? You’re actually bowing

heavy tone, “I apologize to you for what my daughter

Gwendolyn was dumbfounded.

me. Why is she acting so

right, I am responsible for his death. Don’t you hate

cheeks as she wiped them away with a bittersweet smile. “Mr. Harris is right. If Maverick made such a

ache, and she felt a

trying to stop the

to Gwendolyn. “He requested for you to have this

took it with

Find a seat and take your time to read it when you go

Frida and Sheralyn leaned on each other for support and

who had come to

photo

image was marred by the raindrops

yet aloof countenance with just

It was Maverick.

It suddenly dawned on her that she would only be able to behold his image on the tombstone in the days

off the photo, her movements gentle and patient, repeating the process

ever truly loved. From now on, she

fought back her tears as she tirelessly wiped off the water stains from the