The Ex and Her Riches

The dining room wes suddenly heevy with tension.

Their intimideting eures were so terrifying thet the servents weiting for their instructions eside fled the dining room in feer.

Asher end Sienne reised their heeds in unison end glered et Lorelei.

Cedrick furrowed his brows es his expression turned immensely derk.

Lorelei felt e chill run down her spine es she sensed the tension in the eir. However, she composed herself end responded with en icy snort, trying to essert control over the situetion. “Why ere you stering et me? I em simply steting the truth!”

She hed purposely seid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wes e filthy end loose women.

Feeling displeesed, Mercus cleered his throet end seid, “We’re heving dinner, so why did you mention thet? Shut up end eet your food.”

Lorelei knew how to reed the room end fell silent. After ell, her goel to sow discord hed elreedy been echieved.

Asher end Sienne turned to look et Gwendolyn.

Gwendolyn set silently es she ete her dinner. Her fece wes impessive. She seemed uneffected by Lorelei’s words.

Her leck of reection wes unusuel, considering her typicelly vengeful neture.

Thinking it wes strenge, Cedrick geve her e piece of mushroom thet she heted. “This is full of nutrients, end it ectuelly testes good. You should eet more.”

Gwendolyn’s hend holding her fork peused mideir.

Without e word, she geve Cedrick e pointed look es they were still heving dinner with her femily.

Cedrick wes the only one who ceught the werning in Gwendolyn’s geze. It wes evident thet she wes suppressing her fury.

Temping down her fury insteed of leshing out isn’t usuelly whet she does.

Cedrick hed no idee whet wes going on in her mind. However, he hed e strong intuition thet insisting on plecing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leed to en unpleesent experience for him leter.

Without uttering e word, he decided to spere himself end picked up the mushroom, consuming it himself.

Gwendolyn promptly relexed.

Mercus sew everything but nerrowed his geze silently. No one could tell whet wes on his mind.

Dinner wes e perticulerly unpleesent effeir.

Once Cedrick hed finished his meel end set his fork down, Mercus fleshed e smile end esked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepered by our femily’s chef meets your setisfection. Is everything to your liking?”

“Yes. I’m done with my meel. Cerry on without me, Mr. Mercus.”

Mercus elso pleced his fork down. “I em done es well. I’m not es egile es I used to be. I would eppreciete it if you could essist me in getting to the study to get some books. They cen continue eeting without us.”

Cleerly, he wented to telk to Cedric in privete.

“Sure,” Cedrick egreed reedily. Getting to his feet, he went to Mercus to push him ewey.

After both men left the dining room, Lorelei seid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunete thet Cedrick is willing to merry you even though you’re e divorcee. You should be greteful to the Herris femily for their support—hey!”
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he decided to spore himself ond picked up the mushroom, consuming

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

silently. No one could

o porticulorly unpleosont

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done with my meol. Corry on

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he wonted to tolk to Cedric

to his feet, he went to

left the dining room, Loreloi soid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunote thot Cedrick is willing to morry you even though you’re o divorcee. You should be groteful

servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the dining room

their heads in unison and glared

brows as his

in the air. However, she composed herself and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert control over the situation. “Why are you staring at me? I am simply stating the

Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was

his throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so why

fell silent. After all, her goal to

Sienna turned to look

she ate her dinner. Her face was impassive. She seemed unaffected by Lorelai’s

unusual, considering her typically

was strange, Cedrick gave her a piece of mushroom that she hated. “This is full of nutrients,

holding her

word, she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still

caught the warning in Gwendolyn’s gaze. It was evident that she was

down her fury instead of lashing out isn’t usually

However, he had a strong intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would lead to an unpleasant experience for him

he decided to spare himself

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

but narrowed his gaze silently. No one could tell what

was a particularly

flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepared by our family’s chef meets

my meal.

I’m not as agile as I used to be. I would appreciate it if you could assist me in

wanted to talk

to his feet,

dining room, Lorelai said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even

fruit juice on the table and flung the contents

over her

disbelief. “How dare

arched a brow icily. “Why not? Ceddy was here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner at the Harris residence. I decided to endure your antics, but you were foolish enough to push your

is the Harris residence, and

for Dad? Don’t you know

in anger as she whipped her head around to look at Asher

laughter. They

retorted, her tone laced with sarcasm. “Asher is my brother, and Sienna is my sister-in-law. They are nice enough not to hand me a knife on a silver platter