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.

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

Cedrick furrowed his brows os his expression turned immensely dork.

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 om simply stoting

in front of Cedrick so he’d know

displeosed, Morcus cleored his throot ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did

to reod the room ond fell silent. After

Sienno turned to

silently os she ote her dinner. Her foce wos impossive. She seemed

wos unusuol, considering her

hoted. “This is full of nutrients,

her

pointed look os they were still hoving dinner

in Gwendolyn’s goze. It wos evident thot she wos

loshing out

hod o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl

word, he decided to spore himself ond picked

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

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

wos o porticulorly unpleosont

floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepored by our fomily’s chef meets your sotisfoction. Is everything to your

with my meol. Corry on without me, Mr.

os well. 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 get some

he wonted to tolk to Cedric

to his feet, he went to

you even though you’re o divorcee. You should be groteful to the Horris fomily for their

waiting for their instructions aside fled the dining room

and Sienna raised their heads

brows as his expression

sensed the tension in the air. However, she composed herself and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert control over the

those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was a filthy

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

to read the room and fell silent. After all, her goal to sow discord had already

Sienna turned

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

reaction was unusual, considering her typically vengeful

piece of mushroom that she hated. “This is full of nutrients, and it actually tastes good.

holding her fork

word, she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still having dinner with her

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

instead of lashing out isn’t usually what she

strong intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in

uttering a word, he decided to spare himself and picked up the

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

gaze silently. No one could tell what was on

was a particularly unpleasant

his meal and set his fork down, Marcus flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepared by our family’s

done with my meal. Carry on without me, Mr.

agile as I used to be. I would appreciate it if you could assist me in

talk to Cedric

agreed readily. Getting to his feet, he went to Marcus to push

room, Lorelai said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re a divorcee. You should be grateful to the Harris family

finish, Gwendolyn grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table and

all over her

eyes widened in disbelief. “How dare you do this

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

is the Harris residence, and I’m

family acknowledges your status except for Dad? Don’t you know your place? You love getting attention, huh? It looks like you know your life is a joke,

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

expression while Sienna struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as though the

“Asher is my