The Ex and Her Riches

Gwendolyn and Cedrick exchanged glances when they saw Kieran standing in the doorway, not expecting him to be there.

Kieran was completely drenched.

He didn’t want to go inside and dirty the carpet, so he remained outside. His usually-cool gaze was fixed on Gwendolyn.

Confusion filled Gwendolyn. She suddenly recalled the incident at the Harris residence a few days ago. “Why didn’t you use an umbrella? Is there an emergency?” she asked coldly.

Kieran calmed his breathing and answered, “Kiddo, I was being watched for the past few days. That was why I didn’t come and see you. Since tomorrow is the homecoming feast, I had to lose them and sneak here.”

Her heart immediately softened. She looked over her shoulder at Cedrick. “Get a thick towel for him and make some soup to warm him up.”

“Okay.”

With the thick towel, Kieran managed to dry himself partially to a state where he was no longer dripping wet. Only then did he enter the living room.

Cedrick went to make soup while Gwendolyn took a seat on the couch.

“Just say what you want to say, Kieran.”

Kieran nodded. He was never the type to beat around the bush.

“Although Alban is my mentor, I don’t trust the results of his paternity test entirely, and that’s why I brought this.”

He took out a handkerchief from the inner pocket of his suit. A few strands of Marcus’ hair were tucked between the folded cloth.

Shock filled her, and her gaze turned grim. “But Kieran, it’s already the middle of the night. Even if you use your connections and send it to the hospital for a test, you won’t make it tomorrow.”

Kieran shook his head. “I don’t trust anyone else, so I’ll do it myself this time around. You only need to provide me with a silver staining reagent and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.”

“All right. I can get those items from the Jenson family’s medical team and have Nico deliver them here.”

Kieran nodded before lowering his head. After contemplating briefly, he asked, “I didn’t say anything on the day something happened to Dad. Do you… blame me for it?”

Anger poured through her at the mention of that dreadful day.

Heaven knows how ostracized and lonely I was facing those distrustful bunch of relatives. It’d be unnatural of me to deny feeling any anger over it. That isn’t who I am.

at Kieran,

for the rest of my life and pretending

hung his head

continued, “Now that I’ve punched you. That

eyes returned. He grabbed her wrist

didn’t even hurt. It was like being scratched by a kitten. You can hit me a few more times if you’re still mad at

hand. “All right. I’m not mad anymore.

exhaled a relieved sigh, but his expression turned gruff as he

something in his

in his eyes, the gravity of the situation dawned upon

she silently listened to his

her about everything he found out over the past few days. When he caught the somberness in her countenance, he immediately assured, “This is just my speculation, and there’s no certainty behind it. We can’t simply accuse him of

wasn’t unreasonable,

Knock! Knock!

loud knock rapped against the front door of

I just texted

got up and went to get

too. His chest was rising and falling heavily, proof of him jumping over the fence

man

It was Treyton.

Treyton from head to toe, then looked over her shoulder at Kieran, who had wet hair too. A chuckle

guys running to my house in the rain? It

suit as he beamed at Kieran. “Hey, what a coincidence that you’re here too,

greet him back as he wore a haughty

brings you here today,

the real cause behind Dad’s

on Gwendolyn’s

“Who was it?”

answer her, thinking it wasn’t appropriate at the moment. “Let’s go inside, and I’ll explain everything to

towel for him to dry his

home, Treyton took it and started drying himself

kitchen, he immediately saw another uninvited guest in his

here. Did you guys catch a whiff of my soup

haven’t tried your soup before.

filling the living room with

a seat on the couch and started discussing the next day’s homecoming