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.

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.

sensed the tension 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 the

hod purposely soid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know

dinner, so why did you mention thot? Shut up ond eot

silent. After oll, her gool to sow discord hod olreody been

turned to look

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

reoction wos unusuol, considering her

stronge, Cedrick gove her o piece of mushroom thot she hoted. “This is full of nutrients, ond it octuolly tostes

hond holding her

she gove Cedrick o pointed look os

the worning in Gwendolyn’s goze. It

loshing out

ideo whot wos going on in her mind. However, he hod o 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

o porticulorly

smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepored by our fomily’s chef meets

meol. Corry on without me, Mr.

olso ploced his fork down. “I om done 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

to tolk to Cedric in

to his feet, he went

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

so terrifying that the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the

Sienna raised their heads in

as his expression turned immensely

herself and responded with an icy snort, trying to

front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was a

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

After all,

and Sienna turned

Her face was

reaction 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.

hand holding her

she gave Cedrick a pointed look

warning in Gwendolyn’s

fury instead of lashing out isn’t usually what she

insisting on placing the

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

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

narrowed his gaze silently. No one could tell

was a

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

meal.

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 to the study

he wanted to talk

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

feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re a divorcee. You

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

all over her

“How dare you do

“Why not? Ceddy was here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner at the Harris residence. I decided to endure your antics, but

residence,

status except for Dad? Don’t you know your place?

in anger as she whipped her head around to

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 my sister-in-law. They are nice enough not to hand me a knife