The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 284

Chapter 284 His Explanation Backfired

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Since Nico was coming over, Gwendolyn did not want to embarrass him in front of others. She subtly gestured toward the nearby couch with her eyes. “Go and take a seat.”

Cedrick refused to move. He kept his head lowered, breathing heavily in anger, while his cold, dark eyes revealed his murderous intent.

Remembering how he had angina, Gwendolyn gently stroked his cheek to soothe his emotions. “Go and take a seat over there, okay? We might be able to clear your name soon.”

Cedrick suppressed his emotions and sat on the couch on the side.

Fifteen minutes later, Nico arrived.

As he stepped into the house, the intimidating atmosphere caused him to shudder.

After seeing the cigarettes on the coffee table, he instantly knew what to expect.

He was pleased to see how effective his meticulous plan was. I can’t believe Boss was caught red–handed so quickly.

With a faint grin on his face, he stood obediently by the coffee table.

Cedrick could not believe Nico still dared to smile in front of him.

Despite that, Cedrick remained composed in front of Gwendolyn as he spoke in a deep voice. “Gwenny saw the cigarettes you placed in the drawer. You better explain everything to her, and don’t you dare utter a single lie. If you do, I’ll drag you to the interrogation room and hook you up to a lie detector and a shock device!”

Nico was struck dumb, not daring to give him any response. What the f*ck? How can he be so ruthless? This is not what I expected! Didn’t Boss want to be punished? Shouldn’t he be happy about being found out?

Gwendolyn knitted her brows before shooting daggers in Cedrick’s direction. “Why are you threatening him?”

“N–No, I didn’t…” Cedrick instantly toned down his voice.

Instead of continuing with the reprimand, Gwendolyn turned to Nico and asked in a calm tone, “Nico, tell me the truth. Did Cedrick smoke today?”

Nico froze for a moment before instinctively casting a glance at Cedrick.

blithely warned him

Nico’s spine. “Nope, he didn’t! He asked me for a cigarette, but he just took a sniff of it before

arms gracefully, and her facial expression remained stoic. Despite studying their faces intently, she could not fully believe their explanation. “Nico, don’t be scared to tell the truth. As

relief, raised his right hand, and vowed. “Ms. Gwendolyn,

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Gwendolyn nodded, giving the

a sigh of

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do you explain the cigarettes in

me to buy the cigarettes for him and told me

his reply, Gwendolyn narrowed

you’re busy during the day and normally wouldn’t go through the drawers. That’s why he instructed me to put the cigarettes in a corner to hide them

“Ah, I sec. So that was all a ploy to

is just making things worse! How am I going to defend

and explain the situation, not repeat every single word I said earlier! You’re supposed to come here to clear my name and set things

dawned on Nico when he

wasn’t looking forward to being beaten up by Ms. Gwendolyn. He genuinely wanted to keep the truth from

responded with a gentle smile. “You did a great job in providing me

uncertain of what to say, but he knew he needed

would be in serious jeopardy. No one, not even Ms. Gwendolyn, can save

medication three times a day recently. Those pills are bitter and can cause loss of appetite and nausea if taken in

a heartfelt

eased as the person who screwed things up for him finally said

was hard to

“So, Ms. Gwendolyn, please don’t be mad at

Nico for trying to lie to her

and cast a gentle smile at him. “Why should

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Right, Ceddy?”

Cedrick nodded earnestly.

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on the coffee table. “But from now on, let’s not keep these cigarettes. These are just

in shock. Those

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