The Ex and Her Riches

Nico recomposed himself before continuing, “Mr. Wright was actually… the captain of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Team Fourteen. There was an urgent summon from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and they never do this unless there’s something major happening. But Mr. Wright didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye. He wanted to do one last thing for you, so he requested to report to the bureau three days later. The injuries he sustained were the punishment he received for going against orders.”

There was civil conflict at that time. The collapse of a regime would happen at any time, and the change of power was imminent. It had been a massive incident.

Yet, Maverick had chosen to stay for three more days, even if it meant that he was going to be punished.

Nico suppressed his heartache and said, “It was thirty whips. He was whipped until he vomited blood, and in the end, the executioner could not bring himself to continue to do it, so he only whipped Mr. Wright twenty times.”

Gwendolyn was confused as she looked at the bloody shirt in her hands.

“What kind of whip could make him vomit blood in twenty strikes?”

“It’s not an ordinary whip; it’s a whip with steel wires wrapped around it. The whip has barbs on it, and even a gentle stroke could make the skin a bloody mess. The executioner had not shown him any mercy as every time the whip struck him, it went deep into his flesh. Mr. Wright barely had any spots for the executioner to strike because of his burns, so the last five strikes had been on his lower back…” Nico trailed off, unable to continue anymore.

He was livid and heartbroken.

Gwendolyn did not dare to imagine what the scene was like. Even hearing about it was making her feel the pain.

His back was already covered in wounds, so how did he withstand such a severe punishment? No wonder things went south for him this time. He went to kill for me despite his grievous injuries. Did he not think about how he might die?

Her throat tightened, and she gripped the blood-soaked shirt until her knuckles went white.

Nonetheless, Nico was right in front of her, so she forced her tears away.

On the other hand, Nico felt bad for his boss when he saw no tears from Gwendolyn despite telling her the truth.

He’s so unlucky to have fallen for such a ruthless woman.

Alas, he was merely a subordinate and an outsider to the incident, so he had no right to comment on Gwendolyn’s reaction.

calm as he could muster, “To be honest, I’m here to say goodbye to you. I’ll be leaving. I’m Mr. Wright’s subordinate, and now that he’s gone, I’m going to have

stared at him

he only took two steps

he had already fallen in love with you during your three-year marriage. Noah used him during your plane incident without Mr. Wright’s knowledge. Even while being pursued by Mr. Asher, he searched for you for half a month. In the end,

words stabbed her

so intense she felt it in her

her lower lip as overwhelming guilt and self-blame

“I’m… sorry…”

hoarse when she squeezed out those

Nico, and he tucked away the emotions in his eyes before heading out,

hugged the bloody shirt as tears rolled uncontrollably down her

a sudden, the memory of the day they came back from the abandoned factory flashed in

then, he had sat with a stiff spine in the car. It was then that she realized

stairs, he had been taking slow steps while holding onto the handrail. His back had been injured,

He had said he was tired,

chest in remorse. Every tear that fell onto the ground spoke

he wouldn’t have slipped up

her arms despite

what

coldly shove him away,

a word about the cruelty

would put aside all his pride to plead

Just let me hug you for a

had said,

been so great even his breathing was shaky, but he was

tell me that he was so badly injured? Was he afraid that I’d feel

burst forth like the water of a broken dam. It felt like her misery

unable to speak in

on, I’ll call you Mavy so that you’ll know that I care for you too, okay? Can you

in Maverick’s room for three

matter how vigorously Elven and the others knocked on the

would not be able to take