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 has gone

and refused

for Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while you keep Dad

“All right.”

gone. She rested his wrinkled

to speak privately with Dad

inclined his head understandingly and excused himself,

straight to look for Asher after exiting

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 snail’s pace at which

were swelling

the day before and voiced the possibility of

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

was about to take another step down when Cedrick held his arm

done as atonement for your

back and met

any point in her

sister’s temper, whom he’d cared for since

said as a ploy to fish for sympathy,

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

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,

all in wordlessly and resumed his

at his back and shook his

on his left hand from peeling fruits throbbed in

to get it disinfected and

and Treyton arrived hastily, one after the

a beeline to Marcus’ room and conducted a full-body

side and offered assistance when

an hour, Kieran

Cedrick were all seated on the couch in the hall, awaiting

feet. “Kieran, how is it? Is there

a blood clot in his skull that hasn’t been removed from the last time he took a fall. It has now

was shrouded with despair at the

drain from her and swayed

her side and wrapped her in his arms