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 as if her heart had grown

her incessant tears. Fortunately, with Sheralyn’s support

to an end. The business partners, relatives, and friends departed one after the other, each in a

demise of a young

recognizing that their lives would be challenging with Dexter lurking in the

escorted Frida out of the

standing under the tree nearby. In an 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,

did not argue back

couldn’t bear to see his younger sister getting bullied and said with a cold face, “Mind your words! She

“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 sacrificed his life for her! But look at her,

Sheralyn before the latter could curse out more

one who got Maverick killed! What’s wrong with scolding her? Don’t you hate her too? Are

Gwendolyn kept her head down and didn’t

Frida

what you’re doing? You’re

at Gwendolyn before she said in a heavy tone, “I apologize to you for what my daughter said. She is overwhelmed with

Gwendolyn was dumbfounded.

been mean to me. Why is

responsible for his

right. If Maverick made such a choice, it means he must have loved

you deeply” caused Gwendolyn’s heart to ache, and

squeezed her palm, trying to stop the tears

a blank envelope from her bag and handed it to Gwendolyn. “He requested for you to have this in private.

it with

set the letter aside for now. Find a seat

leaned on each other

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

small photo

was marred by the raindrops that fell heavily upon

the familiar yet aloof countenance with just a single

It was Maverick.

dawned on her that she would only be able to behold his image on the tombstone

delicately wiped the water droplets off the photo, her

ever truly loved. From now on, she would

tears as she tirelessly wiped off the water stains from the