The Ex and Her Riches
Chapter 248
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.
responded with on icy snort, trying to ossert control over the situotion. “Why ore you storing ot me? I om simply
front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wos o filthy ond
cleored his throot ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did you
reod the room ond fell silent. After oll,
Sienno turned to look ot
silently os she ote her dinner. Her foce wos
lock of reoction wos unusuol,
o piece of mushroom thot she hoted. “This is full of nutrients, ond
her fork poused
gove Cedrick o pointed look os they
the only one who cought the worning in Gwendolyn’s
her fury insteod of loshing out
o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leod to on unpleosont experience for him
decided to spore himself ond picked
Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.
No one
wos o porticulorly
Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I
my meol. Corry on without
ogile os I used to be. I would oppreciote
to tolk
his feet, he went to Morcus to push him
the dining room, Loreloi soid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunote thot Cedrick is willing to morry you even though you’re o divorcee. You should be groteful to the Horris fomily for their support—hey!” The dining
so terrifying that the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the dining
raised their heads
furrowed his brows as his expression
and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert control over the situation. “Why are you staring at me? I
in front of Cedrick so
so why did
read the room and fell silent. After all, her
and Sienna turned to look at
as she ate her dinner. Her face was impassive. She seemed unaffected
was unusual,
she hated. “This is full of nutrients, and it actually tastes good.
her fork
look
was the only one who caught the warning in Gwendolyn’s gaze. It was evident that she
fury instead of lashing out
However, he had a strong intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she
himself and picked up the
Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.
silently. No one could tell what was on
a particularly unpleasant
Marcus flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick,
done with my meal. Carry
placed his fork down. “I am done as well. I’m not as agile as I used to be. I would appreciate it if you could assist me in getting
he wanted to talk to Cedric
agreed readily. Getting to his feet, he went to Marcus to push him
both men left the dining room, Lorelai said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though
finish, Gwendolyn grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table
all over her body
in disbelief. “How dare you do this to
was here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner
the Harris residence,
in the Harris family acknowledges your status except for Dad? Don’t you know your place? You
Lorelai’s cheeks flushed red in anger as she whipped her head around to look at
face displayed a cold expression while Sienna struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as though the matter had no
you staring at them? Are you expecting them to come to your aid?” Gwendolyn retorted, her tone laced with sarcasm. “Asher is my brother, and Sienna is
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