The Ex and Her Riches

Gwendolyn didn’t look back. Narrowing her eyes, she uttered in a frigid tone, “I’m afraid one life isn’t enough. Perhaps I’ll consider it if you can die up to a thousand times.”

After saying that, she didn’t stick around and went to her room upstairs, locking the door. She threw away the robe that had been touched by Charles and took out a new one from the wardrobe, hanging it on the coat stand before going to bed.

Nonetheless, she couldn’t fall asleep. As she shut her eyes, images of the past emerged in her mind. She began to recall her happy childhood memories with Charles.

Gwendolyn remembered how she used to admire and look up to him as well as the way she called his name affectionately.

Surprisingly, she found herself feeling sorry for a despicable jerk like Charles and wondered if it was because of her pregnancy that she had become more compassionate and sentimental.

Burying her head under the covers, she forced herself to stop thinking about the past she shared with Charles. I should instead think about how much Cedrick has suffered for the past six months because of him!

As her thoughts were a jumbled mess, Gwendolyn heard the sound of a car driving away and assumed that it was Charles leaving.

She finally felt more at ease. Soon, exhaustion overtook her, lulling her into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile, in Salinsburgh of Chanaea, the five-day deadline had passed.

Early in the morning, Yael arrived at the conference hall that Cedrick had arranged in advance.

Xander couldn’t come along this time as he had been heavily injured a few days ago.

Apart from a few highly-respected elders of the Jenson family, Yael also brought some of the directors from the Jenson Group.

From afar, the large group of people emanated an intimidating and imposing aura.

Soon after, Craig and his subordinates from the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrived at the conference hall too.

The men who were clad in military uniforms stood tall and sturdy, instantly overshadowing Yael and the rest.

Although Yael felt somewhat displeased, he considered them allies and still stepped forward to greet them amicably.

two started chatting

three hours had passed, but Cedrick was still nowhere to be

over to Harrick Villa and check out

“All right.”

the

everyone in the hall put on a solemn expression

was

asked in displeasure, “Where is

Cedrick? Didn’t he promise that he would give us an explanation today? Don’t tell me he’s merely trying to

for the past few days, nor do we know where he is. We’re going to start suspecting that Mr. Cedrick has died of illness if we don’t see him

sat down in a nonchalant manner, calmly listening to the directors of Jenson Group

on Craig’s side

“Mr. Cedrick has something urgent to attend to. Hence, the meeting is rescheduled to the

“What?”

that, the crowd went into an

over, and he narrowed his eagle-like eyes

the Jenson family have all come to sit in on

stubbornly refused to relent and answered firmly, “I only follow orders

irritated by his remark and started clamoring, criticizing Cedrick for his

table and voiced, “Those of you who refuse to wait, feel free to leave. Otherwise, please sit down and behave if you wish to

ordered his men to guard the entrance and forbid the crowd

help but sneer, “Fine, I’ll wait until the afternoon. I wonder what other tricks he has up

be allowed entry again, no one dared to take a step out. They all remained in the room and ate

had experienced countless hardships in the military, had no problem with the meals

they

I can’t believe he expects us to eat this kind of food! He sets all these rules and forbids us from leaving, but he still

door, Neville suggested, “There’s a five-star hotel right next to the building, Mr. Zaborowski. You may enjoy a scrumptious meal there. However, there’s no need for you

the other directors’ takeout on the floor, making a huge mess. The conference hall’s floor was instantly littered with

see

in, and

spiraled out of control, the door swung open once again. A man’s cold and stern voice traveled into the room. “I’ll give you the explanation

noise in the conference hall died