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.

with as much 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

at

to walk toward the exit. However, he only took

Wright’s knowledge. Even while being pursued by Mr. Asher, he searched for you for half a month. In the end, you sought revenge on him, humiliating and tormenting him. Despite that, every time you were in

her

so intense she

marks on her lower lip as overwhelming guilt and self-blame

“I’m… sorry…”

voice was hoarse when she squeezed

in his eyes before heading out, closing the

tears

they came back from the abandoned factory flashed in

that she realized he

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

he did not cook right away. He had said he was tired, and Gwendolyn

remorse. Every tear that fell onto the ground spoke

slipped up so much, but I never once

into her

yet, what

away, but she even uttered upsetting

had never said a word about

put aside all his pride to plead with

said, “No… Just let me hug you for a while.

said,

even his breathing was shaky, but he was still greedily drinking in the feel of

I’d feel

curled up on the recliner as her emotions burst forth like the water of a broken dam. It felt like her misery was corroding her bones

whispered, unable to speak in her

so close to Charles, but from now on, I’ll call you Mavy so that you’ll know that I care for

herself in Maverick’s room for three whole days without

the others knocked on the

not be able to take