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.

and hasn’t spoken for several days. He’s recently been hand-copying scriptures and has gone for an

silently and refused to comment

her remote expression. “I’ll wait for Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while you keep

“All right.”

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

some time to speak privately with Dad as

his head understandingly and excused himself, shutting the

straight to look for

the banister while making his

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

knees were swelling with pain after kneeling on

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

for him just to get

take another step down when

done as atonement for

and met Cedrick’s

any point

than anyone what his sister’s temper,

he said as a ploy to fish

Cedrick’s hand to continue his

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

all in wordlessly

stared at his back

on his left hand from peeling fruits

went to the housekeeper to get it disinfected and covered it up

and Treyton arrived hastily, one after the other two hours

immediately made a beeline to Marcus’ room and conducted a full-body check-up on

at the side and offered assistance when

an hour,

seated on the couch

to her feet. “Kieran, how is it? Is

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.

hall was shrouded

the energy drain from her

dashed to her side and wrapped her in his