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.

spoken for several days. He’s recently been hand-copying scriptures and has gone for an entire day without

silently and refused to comment on

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

“All right.”

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

to speak privately

inclined his head understandingly and excused

for Asher after exiting the

was holding onto the banister while

around, and it was evident that each step was excruciating at

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

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

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

about to take another step down when

done as atonement for your

turned back and met Cedrick’s

any point in

sister’s temper, whom he’d

said as a ploy to fish for sympathy, which

released Cedrick’s hand to continue his

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

it all in wordlessly

back and shook his head

peeling fruits throbbed in pain, reminding him of its

get it disinfected and covered it up

Treyton arrived hastily, one after the other two hours

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

the side

half an hour, Kieran

Sienna, and Cedrick were all seated on the couch in

feet. “Kieran, how is it? Is there

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 we insisted on operating on Dad, he

of the hall was shrouded

felt the energy drain from her

instantly dashed to her side and wrapped her in