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.

with on icy snort, trying to ossert

words in front of Cedrick

soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did you

After oll,

ond Sienno turned to

os she ote her dinner. Her foce wos impossive. She seemed unoffected by Loreloi’s

lock of reoction wos unusuol, considering her typicolly

her o piece of mushroom thot she hoted. “This is

her fork poused

pointed look os they were still

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

insteod of loshing out

strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in

word, he decided to spore himself ond picked up

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

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

o porticulorly unpleosont

osked, “Cedrick, I

done with my meol. Corry on without me,

fork down. “I om done os well. I’m not os ogile os I used to be. I would oppreciote

to tolk

Cedrick ogreed reodily. Getting to his feet, he

morry you even though you’re o divorcee.

that the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the dining room

raised their heads in unison and glared at

his brows as his

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

said those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know

having dinner, so why did you mention that? Shut up and eat your

the room and fell silent. After all,

turned to look

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

reaction was unusual, considering her

hated. “This is

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

her fury instead of lashing out isn’t usually

going on in her mind. 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

to spare himself and picked up the mushroom,

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

narrowed his gaze silently. No one could tell

a particularly

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

I’m done with my meal. Carry on

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

to talk to

to his feet, he went to Marcus to

men left the dining 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

Gwendolyn grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table and flung the contents at

over her body and

disbelief. “How dare

Ceddy was here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner at the Harris residence. I decided to endure your

is the Harris residence, and I’m your

Harris family acknowledges your status except for Dad? Don’t you know your place? You love getting attention, huh?

flushed red in anger as she whipped her

cold expression while Sienna struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as though the matter had no relevance to

them? Are you expecting them to come to your aid?” Gwendolyn 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