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.

fingertips, concealed beneath Treyton’s suit jacket, dug deeply into her palms. It was as if her heart had

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

end. The business partners, relatives, and friends departed one after the other,

individuals lamented the untimely demise of a young

Wright family, recognizing that their

escorted

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 dead? How dare you

back but instead lowered her

and said with a cold face, “Mind your words! She knew nothing about the

“Knew nothing about it?”

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

the latter

wrong with scolding her? Don’t you hate

her head down and

staining her face, Frida approached Gwendolyn and offered a slight

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

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

Gwendolyn was dumbfounded.

always been mean to me. Why is she acting so

responsible for his death. Don’t you

with a bittersweet smile. “Mr. Harris is right. If Maverick made such a choice,

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

her palm, trying to stop the tears from

blank envelope from her bag and handed it to Gwendolyn. “He requested for you to have this in private. Don’t worry, I

took it with trembling

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

on each other for support

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

small photo adorned the

by the raindrops that fell heavily upon

recognized the familiar yet aloof countenance with just

It was Maverick.

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

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

truly loved. From now on, she would never hear

as she tirelessly wiped off the water stains from the