The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 223

Chapter 223 Nowhere To Hide

Suspicious thoughts raced through Gwendolyn’s mind.

Valentino was still speaking when she snapped out of her thoughts. “Cedrick’s really fallen for you. By the way, you’ve been back for a few days already, right? Have you two met yet? What’s your first impression of him?”

“I haven’t met him yet, Old Mr. Jenson,” answered Gwendolyn.

She then seized the opportunity to continue, “I’ve been sending people to meet him these days, but he’s been avoiding me. So, no. I haven’t met him yet.”

The look on Valentino’s face grew serious. “Did that really happen?”

He then asked Logan to enter and ordered, “Get Cedrick here this instant. What’s he avoiding her for?”

“Yes.”

In the meantime, Gwendolyn kept her smile while chatting and having coffee with Valentino.

Ten minutes later, Logan returned.

“Old Mr. Jenson, Mr. Jenson isn’t coming tonight. He’s on a mission.”

“What kind of mission’s so urgent that he has to bail his fiancée’s party? Ugh. This rascal!”

Valentino stomped his cane on the ground and tried to stop himself from being too harsh with his words. He assured her, “Don’t worry, Gwendolyn. I’m going to bring him here, even if it means kidnaping him.”

Instead of rejecting the suggestion, Gwendolyn smiled obediently. “We’ll follow your lead.”

Valentino cast her an affectionate gaze, but it darkened when he shifted his gaze to Logan.

“Tell that rascal to kneel in the ancestral hall for three whole days until his legs break if he doesn’t show up on time today.”

With that, Logan left.

Ten minutes later, he returned again to report gloomily, “Mr. Jenson says he’ll… carry out his punishment in the ancestral hall once he returns from his mission.”

that, Valentino lost

fiancée’s party, huh? He’s dead set on going against my

present, he had no choice but to steel himself and increase the severity of the punishment. “The punishment doesn’t scare him, huh? Very well. Tell him he’ll

“One hundred whips? Are you

the ground and turned

not pass the message to Cedrick. “Old Mr. Jenson, you know how stubborn Mr. Jenson is. He’ll definitely go to the ancestral hall to receive his punishment if he’s decided to not attend. Are we really going to beat him if he goes to the ancestral hall? He’ll be dead if we really

was a change in Valentino’s countenance.

eyes darted between

Can a hundred whips really kill someone as muscular

be too embarrassing for him to go against his promise, but he could

in the

moment, Gwendolyn knew Valentino was keeping quiet and waiting for her

whipping punishment sounds really terrifying. It’s just a party, anyway. His mission is more important. Please don’t punish him. It’s

and sighed. “You’ve got such a big

Old Mr.

made Valentino

up today, I’ll find a way to let the

party officially

the center of attention as soon as

delicate makeup, and her every move

was organized because of

up the stage under everyone’s gazes and made a

she finished speaking, Marcus went upstage to announce her engagement with

Marcus decided to simplify his speech and skipped the important parts to distract

guests and

see her drinking alone. Hence,

you don’t really want to get

said nothing and swirled

How could he be absent on such an important day and make you put up with everyone’s criticisms alone? He won’t treat you

snorted. “Mr. Ferguson, no one, apart from

because Mr. Harris is doing a great job of controlling the crowd. Gwendolyn, I regret not letting my parents talk to him about asking your hand in marriage. But I’m willing to fight against

don’t want that,” rejected

Do you really

Similarly, I only see you as a friend.

totally at a loss for

party ended at eleven o’clock at night. Nico, who had been hiding near the Harris residence, rushed to a car that was parked about two

before getting into

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