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 could no longer

from her incessant tears. Fortunately, with

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

lamented the untimely demise of a young

that

escorted Frida out of the

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, why

not argue back

getting bullied and said with a cold face, “Mind your words! She knew nothing about the matter, and this was

“Knew nothing about it?”

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, not a single

Frida stopped Sheralyn before the latter could

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

kept her head down and didn’t

Frida approached

aback. “Mom, do you realize what you’re doing?

words and looked at Gwendolyn before she said in a heavy tone, “I apologize to you for what my daughter said. She is overwhelmed with grief and speaks without thinking. I hope you can

Gwendolyn was dumbfounded.

to me. Why is she acting so different

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

a bittersweet smile. “Mr. Harris is right. If

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

her palm, trying to stop the

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

took it with

a seat and take

that, Frida and Sheralyn leaned on each other for support

bag. After all the relatives and friends who had come to pay their respects had

small photo

image was marred by the raindrops that fell

familiar yet aloof

It was Maverick.

to no avail. It suddenly dawned

the photo, her movements gentle and

ever truly loved. From now on, she would never hear his tender crooning

back her tears as she tirelessly wiped off the