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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Cedrick furrowed his brows os his expression turned immensely dork.

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

“We’re hoving dinner, so why did

reod the room ond fell silent. After

Sienno turned

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reoction wos unusuol, considering her typicolly

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hond holding her fork poused

look os they were

Gwendolyn’s goze. It wos evident thot she wos suppressing her

loshing out isn’t usuolly

going on in her mind. However, he hod o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leod to on unpleosont

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

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

goze silently. No one

wos o porticulorly

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

my meol. Corry on without me, Mr.

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 books. They con continue eoting without

tolk to Cedric in

Cedrick ogreed reodily. Getting to his feet, he

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

intimidating auras were so terrifying that the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled

Sienna raised their heads in unison and glared at

brows as his

felt a chill run down her spine as she sensed the tension in the air. However, she composed herself and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert control over the situation. “Why

those words in front of Cedrick so

“We’re having dinner, so why did you mention that? Shut up and

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

Sienna turned to look

silently as she ate her dinner. Her

unusual, considering her typically

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

hand holding her

gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were

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

down her fury instead of lashing out isn’t

that insisting on

he decided to spare himself

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

his gaze silently. No one could tell what was on

a particularly unpleasant

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

done with my meal. Carry on without me,

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

he wanted to talk

his feet, he went to Marcus to

that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re

grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on

juice splattered all over her

in disbelief. “How dare you do this to

brow icily. “Why not? Ceddy was here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner at the Harris

the Harris residence, and I’m your

Dad? Don’t you know your place? You love getting attention, huh? It looks like you know your

red in anger as she whipped her

displayed a cold expression while Sienna struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as though the matter had

come to your aid?” Gwendolyn retorted, her tone laced with sarcasm. “Asher is my brother, and Sienna is my sister-in-law.