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.

for several days. He’s recently been hand-copying scriptures and has gone for an entire

refused to comment

expression. “I’ll wait for Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while

“All right.”

bed after Sienna was gone. She rested his wrinkled hand against her face and

to

understandingly and excused himself, shutting

for Asher after

holding onto the banister while making his

without Gwendolyn around, and it was evident that each step was excruciating at the

and hard. Therefore, his knees were swelling with pain after kneeling on the ground for days

and voiced the possibility of

at the top of the stairs and quietly observed Asher, noting how challenging it was for him just to get

breath and was about to take another step down when Cedrick held his

you’ve done as

and met Cedrick’s

point

better than anyone what his sister’s temper, whom he’d cared for

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

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

try stopping 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.

all in wordlessly and

stared at his back and shook his head

peeling fruits throbbed in pain,

to the housekeeper to get it disinfected and

Treyton arrived hastily, one after the other two

to Marcus’ room

side

an hour, Kieran

and Cedrick were all seated on the couch

“Kieran, how is it?

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

atmosphere of the hall was shrouded with despair

from her

and wrapped her in his