The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 208

Treyton began crying at the sight of her tears, and he pulled her closer to his chest.

“Calm down, Kiddo. This isn’t your fault. Don’t blame yourself for everything. You never knew what was happening. If you keep tormenting yourself in this way, you’re going to be overwhelmed.”

Even though he said that, Gwendolyn merely grabbed his sleeve as the thoughts of the nightmare she had had before the day of the incident flashed past her mind.

In her dream, Maverick was covered in blood as he kneeled in the fire in devastation.

She could not register any of Treyton’s words as tears flowed uncontrollably.

“Treyton, I had always thought that he was trying to kill me, so I was fine with hating and tormenting him. I wouldn’t listen to any explanations he tried to give me. The pain he dealt me in the past was isolation and mockery, but all the pain I gave him was physical. This is my fault. I killed him. It was me…”

Treyton cupped her tear-streaked face and whispered gently in her ear, again and again, “No, it isn’t, Kiddo. You haven’t done anything wrong. You didn’t kill him. This was his choice. He’s gone, but you’re still alive, so don’t hurt yourself in this way anymore.”

“But, Treyton…”

At that, Gwendolyn buried herself in Treyton’s arms and sobbed.

“I wanted to numb myself, so I drank so much to try to forget these things. I tried to get my rationality back, but I can’t do it. The more I drink, the soberer I become. The image of him bleeding is just seared into my mind. Treyton, I… I…”

Suddenly, her breathing quickened, and her world dimmed. She passed out.

“Kiddo!”

Frightened, Treyton hastily told Elven to look for a doctor before taking her out of the bathroom to a room on the third floor.

As they were all men, they could not change Gwendolyn and clean her up. Hence, Treyton asked Elven to bring Flora to Bay Villa.

whole group of people then took care of Gwendolyn, who was

for three days straight, almost ruining her liver. It was only after two days of IV therapy did

treatments. They busied away for two days and nights before the

felt like it was about to split apart, but the first word that

“Maverick…”

was a whisper, but Treyton

forget about him. I’m sure

shot him a startled look and tried to retaliate, only to realize that she

many would be willing to risk their lives for

ever get another

as though someone was wringing her heart like a towel. Gwendolyn clenched her chest and scrunched up her face, beads of cold sweat gathering

could not take the truth, but he could do nothing about it. He gently persuaded, “You’re still young, and life gets better. Don’t think of miserable times like these anymore, okay? Look at how terribly you’ve treated yourself after his funeral. I’m heartbroken to see you like this. If Dad, Asher, and Kieran find out about this, they’ll be heartbroken too. Even if you don’t care about

out of the window in response,

Flora

lifted the spoon

her lips pressed

stubborn streak, Treyton sighed and

then you should be letting yourself recover as quickly as you can. He’s gone, and the Wright family only has two women supporting it.

of light finally

to see the change, and he added, “If you recover quickly, you’ll be able

lowered her gaze and began mulling over Treyton’s

her lips and coaxed, “So let’s have some soup, okay? We can only deal with these things once you’re fine,

time, Gwendolyn accepted

and Sheralyn were the only members of Maverick’s family left in the world. She would have

to deal with it, so she had to hand it over to the Wrights, but it had to be someone she

Sheralyn needed was a

matter. Her

the morning, while she was lying on the bed having oatmeal,

were you

as she ate her oatmeal. “How

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