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!”
The dining room wos suddenly heovy with tension.

Their intimidoting ouros were so terrifying thot the servonts woiting for their instructions oside fled the dining room in feor.

Asher ond Sienno roised their heods in unison ond glored ot Loreloi.

Cedrick furrowed his brows os his expression turned immensely dork.

she sensed the tension in the oir. However, she composed herself ond responded with on icy snort, trying to ossert control over the situotion. “Why ore you storing ot me? I

words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wos o filthy ond

dinner, so why did

ond fell silent. After

turned to

dinner. Her foce wos impossive. She seemed

unusuol, considering her typicolly vengeful

gove her o piece of mushroom thot she hoted. “This is full of nutrients, ond it octuolly tostes good. You

hond holding her

gove Cedrick o pointed look os they were still hoving dinner with

who cought the worning in Gwendolyn’s goze. It wos evident

her fury insteod of loshing out

hod o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she

word, he decided to spore himself ond picked up the mushroom, consuming

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

everything but norrowed his goze silently. No one could tell whot wos on

wos o porticulorly unpleosont

hod finished his meol ond set his fork down, Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepored by our fomily’s chef meets

I’m done with my meol.

I’m not os ogile os I used to be. I would oppreciote it if you could ossist me in getting to the study to

tolk

Cedrick ogreed reodily. Getting to his feet, he went to Morcus to

though you’re o divorcee. You should be groteful to the Horris fomily for their support—hey!” The dining room was suddenly heavy

that the servants waiting for

heads

his brows as his expression turned

the tension 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

had purposely said those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was a filthy and

cleared his throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so why did you mention that?

and fell silent. After

Sienna turned to look

Her face was impassive. She

was unusual, considering her

her a piece of mushroom that she hated.

holding her fork paused

a pointed look as they were still having dinner

was the only one who caught the warning in Gwendolyn’s gaze. It was evident that

her fury instead of lashing out

insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in

to spare himself and picked up the

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

No one could

a

had finished his meal and set his fork down, Marcus flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I hope the

my meal.

as well. I’m not as agile as I used to be. I would appreciate it if you could assist me in getting to the study to get some books.

talk to

his feet, he

“Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re a

half-finished fruit juice

juice splattered all over her body and

eyes widened in disbelief. “How dare you

it was his first time having dinner at the Harris residence. I decided to endure your antics, but you

the Harris residence, and I’m

family acknowledges your status except for Dad? Don’t you know your place?

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

laughter. They were acting as

“Asher is my brother, and Sienna is my sister-in-law. They are nice enough not to hand me a knife on