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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Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

sow everything but norrowed his goze silently. No one could

wos o porticulorly unpleosont

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done with my meol. Corry

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to tolk to Cedric

reodily. Getting to his feet, he went to Morcus to push

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 room was suddenly heavy

that the servants waiting for

Sienna raised their heads in unison and

furrowed his brows as his expression turned

and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert control over

Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was a filthy and

having dinner, so why did you

to read the room and fell silent. After all,

Sienna turned to look

sat silently as she ate her dinner. Her face

was unusual, considering her typically

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

hand holding her

word, she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still

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

down her fury instead of lashing out

he had a strong intuition that insisting on placing

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

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

everything but narrowed his gaze silently. No one could tell what was on

was a

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

my meal. Carry on without

would appreciate it

talk to Cedric in

Cedrick agreed readily. Getting to his feet,

that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re a divorcee. You should be grateful to the Harris family

grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on

over her

in disbelief. “How dare you do this to

it was his first time having dinner at the

the Harris residence, and

“Who else in 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 your life is a joke, you

anger as she whipped her head around to look

struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as though

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 silver platter because of our