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.

into her palms. It was as if her

from her incessant tears. Fortunately, with Sheralyn’s support and

relatives, and friends departed one after the other, each in a somber

individuals lamented the untimely demise of

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

left, Sheralyn escorted Frida out of the

“It’s all because of you! You’re the cause

argue back but instead lowered

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

“Knew nothing about it?”

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

stopped Sheralyn before the latter could

“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

head down and didn’t refute

Frida approached Gwendolyn and offered a

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

Sheralyn’s words and looked at Gwendolyn before she said in a heavy tone, “I apologize to you for what my daughter said.

Gwendolyn was dumbfounded.

always been mean to me.

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

Frida’s cheeks as she wiped them away with a bittersweet smile. “Mr. Harris is right. If

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

her palm, trying to stop the tears from

“He requested for you to have this in private. Don’t

it

now. Find a seat and take your time to read it

on each

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

photo adorned

was marred by the raindrops that fell heavily

the familiar yet aloof countenance with just a single

It was Maverick.

for a photo of him but to no avail. It suddenly dawned on her that she would only be

the photo, her movements gentle and

truly loved. From now on, she

back her tears as she tirelessly wiped off the water