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.

lost his voice and hasn’t spoken for several days. He’s recently been hand-copying scriptures and

refused to comment on

and Treyton at the entrance while you keep

“All right.”

was gone. She rested his wrinkled hand against

like some time to speak privately with Dad

excused himself, shutting the door after

straight to look for Asher

onto the banister

longer had to put on an act without Gwendolyn around, and it was evident that each step was excruciating at the snail’s pace at

were

the day before and voiced the possibility of him being diagnosed with

the stairs and quietly observed Asher, noting how challenging it was for him just to get down a level, so much so that his entire forehead

breath and was about to take another step down

hide everything you’ve done as atonement for your crimes

and

point in her

sister’s temper, whom he’d

bedridden, she would interpret anything he said as a ploy

and released Cedrick’s hand to continue his

own eyes. While Evelyn was the main culprit, you were the one who hurt Gwendolyn

all in wordlessly and resumed his

back and shook

from peeling fruits throbbed in pain,

get it disinfected and

one after the other

room and conducted a full-body check-up

side and offered assistance when

an

on the couch in the hall,

feet. “Kieran, how

lowered his gaze and 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

atmosphere of the hall was shrouded with despair at

felt the energy drain from her

wrapped her in his