The Ex and Her Riches

Half an hour later, Gwendolyn and Cedrick returned to the Harris residence at Mount Tranquil together.

Kieran and Treyton still had not arrived, while Sienna was pacing back and forth before the door as if she’d been waiting for them.

She hurried toward them the moment they stepped out of the car. “You’re finally here, Gwen.”

Gwendolyn noticed her swollen eyes and inquired calmly, “How’s Dad?”

Sienna shook her head. “Not good. The doctor says he’ll probably last around two days at most. But we’ll have to wait for Kieran’s diagnosis when he’s back.”

“Okay.”

They strode into the mansion.

The door to Marcus’ bedroom was open, and a man was sitting before his bed.

Gwendolyn had not seen Asher for around seven to eight days.

He looked completely different from before.

He’d lost a lot of weight, and his skin was dull. Moreover, the stubble on his face gave him a weathered look, making him seem to have aged a decade, although only several days had passed.

Gwendolyn had no idea, nor was she interested in knowing what he’d gone through.

“Could you please excuse us? I wish to talk to Dad and don’t want to see you here.”

Her voice was devoid of emotion, as if she were talking to a stranger.

Asher’s eyes were lowered as he departed the room in silence.

Despite his efforts to appear normal, Gwendolyn astutely observed a slight limp in his gait as he walked by her.

Is it his knee?

“Are you sure you’ve been obediently reading scriptures at the ancestral hall for the past few days?” She directed the question at Asher.

He froze and opened his mouth to speak up for himself.

Yet no sound came out from his lips as the words were trapped in his throat. As such, he left the room defeatedly without uttering a word.

several days. He’s recently

silently and refused to comment

Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while you keep Dad company for

“All right.”

beside Marcus’ bed after Sienna was gone. She rested his wrinkled hand against her face and gently stroked

to

excused himself, shutting

to look for Asher after exiting the

onto the banister while making his way

no longer had to put on an act without Gwendolyn around, and it was evident that each step was excruciating at the

his knees were swelling with pain

check-up the day before and voiced the possibility of him being diagnosed with rheumatism in the

and quietly observed Asher, noting how challenging it was for him just to get down a level, so much

took a deep breath and was about to take another step down when Cedrick

as

turned back and

any point in her

knew better than anyone what his sister’s temper,

were bedridden, she would interpret anything he said as a ploy to

gaze and released Cedrick’s hand to continue his journey down

him. Instead, he uttered unexpectedly, “Gwenny wouldn’t believe you did all this even if she saw it with her own eyes. While Evelyn was the main culprit, you were the one who hurt Gwendolyn the most. What you owe her is a sincere apology. Unfortunately, you

in wordlessly and resumed his excruciating crawl

stared at his back and shook

left hand from peeling fruits throbbed in pain, reminding him

the housekeeper to get it disinfected and covered it up with an inconspicuous

and Treyton arrived hastily, one

Marcus’ room

at the side

an hour, Kieran helped Gwendolyn

Cedrick were all seated on

her feet. “Kieran, how is it? Is

shook his head while solemnly delivering the result of his check-up. “There’s still a blood clot in his skull that hasn’t been removed from the last time he took a fall. It has now spread and is affecting his central nervous system. He will be brain-dead soon. Even if we insisted on operating on Dad, he wouldn’t survive due to

the hall was

the energy drain from

dashed to her side and wrapped her in his arms