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 clarified discreetly, “Gwen, he lost his voice and hasn’t spoken for several days. He’s recently been hand-copying scriptures and has gone for an entire day without

and refused to

and Treyton at the entrance while you keep Dad company

“All right.”

was gone. She rested his wrinkled

time to speak privately with

and excused

went straight to look for Asher after exiting

was holding onto the banister while

no longer had to put on an act without Gwendolyn around, and it was evident that each step

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

a check-up the day before and voiced the possibility

was for him just to get down a level, so

breath and was about to take another step down when

done as atonement for your crimes from

back and met

any point in her

what his sister’s temper, whom he’d

bedridden, she would interpret anything he said as

Cedrick’s hand to

eyes. While Evelyn was the main culprit, you were the one who hurt Gwendolyn the most. What you

wordlessly and resumed his

stared at his back and

from peeling fruits throbbed in pain, reminding him of

housekeeper to get it disinfected and

hastily, one

immediately made a beeline to Marcus’ room and conducted a

the side and offered

nerve-wracking half an hour, Kieran helped

Treyton, Sienna, and Cedrick were all seated on the couch in the

got to her feet. “Kieran, how is it?

that hasn’t been removed from the last time he took a fall. It has now spread and is affecting his central nervous system.

the hall was shrouded

energy drain from her and swayed

and wrapped her in his arms to offer