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

silently and refused

“I’ll wait for Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while you keep

“All right.”

beside Marcus’ bed after Sienna was gone. She rested his wrinkled hand against

some time to speak

his head understandingly and excused

for Asher after exiting the

was holding onto the banister while

had to put on an act without Gwendolyn around, and it was evident that each step was excruciating at

hall’s tiles were cold and hard. Therefore, his knees were swelling with pain after kneeling on the ground for days

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

challenging it was for him just to get down a level, so

breath and was about to take another step down when Cedrick

hide everything you’ve done as atonement for

back and met

point in

anyone what his sister’s temper, whom he’d cared for since childhood,

anything he said as a ploy to fish for

and released Cedrick’s hand to continue his journey

if she saw it with her own eyes. While Evelyn was the main culprit, you

wordlessly

back and shook his

on his left hand from peeling fruits

get it disinfected and covered it up

hastily, one after the other two hours

a beeline to Marcus’ room

the side and offered

an

all seated on the couch in the hall, awaiting their

“Kieran, how is it? Is there

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

was shrouded with despair at

felt the energy drain from her and

side and wrapped her in his arms