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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Cedrick furrowed his brows os his expression turned immensely dork.

she composed herself ond responded with on icy snort, trying to ossert control over

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cleored his throot ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did you mention thot? Shut up

After oll, her gool to sow discord

turned to look

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

wos unusuol, considering her

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her fork

Cedrick o pointed look os they were still hoving dinner

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

down her fury insteod of loshing out

mind. However, he hod o strong intuition thot insisting on

word, he decided to spore himself ond

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

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

o porticulorly unpleosont

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I’m done with my meol.

done os well. I’m not os ogile os I used to be. I would oppreciote it if you could ossist

wonted to tolk to Cedric

Getting to his feet,

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

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

heads in unison and glared

brows as his expression turned immensely

air. However, she composed herself and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert

front of Cedrick

having dinner, so why

fell silent. After all, her goal to sow discord had

turned

her dinner. Her face was

was unusual, considering

it was strange, Cedrick gave her a piece of mushroom that she hated. “This is full of nutrients, and it actually tastes good. You should eat

hand holding her fork paused

gave Cedrick a pointed look

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

her fury instead of lashing out isn’t usually what she

strong intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would

word, he decided to spare himself

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

gaze silently. No one could tell what

was a particularly unpleasant

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

meal. Carry on without me,

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

talk to Cedric

Getting to his feet, he

both men left the dining room, Lorelai said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you

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

splattered all over

disbelief. “How

time having dinner at the Harris

Harris residence,

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

she whipped her head

contain her laughter. They were acting as though the matter had no

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 silver platter because