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.”

Valentino lost

get punished than attend his fiancée’s party,

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 get whipped a hundred times if

fell. “One hundred whips? Are you being serious, Old

simply stomped his cane on the ground and turned his

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

a change in Valentino’s countenance. He lowered

the meantime, Gwendolyn’s eyes darted

the Jenson family’s whipping punishment isn’t as simple as I thought. Can a hundred whips really

Gwendolyn. It would be too embarrassing for him to go

in the

knew Valentino was keeping quiet and waiting for her to

just a party, anyway. His mission is more important. Please don’t punish

got such a

Old Mr.

generosity only made Valentino feel

find a way to let the two of you meet. I’m going to

party

had become the center of attention

gown, her delicate makeup, and her every

night was organized because of

and made a wonderful speech about returning to the Harris

upstage to announce her engagement with

Cedrick did not show up, Marcus decided to simplify his speech and skipped the important

the guests and found a table in the corner to enjoy some

bad to see her drinking alone. Hence, he walked

get engaged with Cedrick, do you?” he

said nothing and swirled her glass

could he be absent on such an important day and make you

snorted. “Mr. Ferguson, no one, apart

Gwendolyn, I regret not letting my parents talk to him about asking your hand in marriage. But I’m willing

Mr. Ferguson. I don’t want that,”

Do you really like

I marry him. Similarly, I only see you as a friend. We’ll never get married. I hope you can understand

paled, totally at

Harris family’s party ended at eleven o’clock at night. Nico, who had been hiding near the Harris residence, rushed to

before getting into the

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