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.

“Gwen, he lost his voice and hasn’t spoken for several days.

listened silently and refused to comment on

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

“All right.”

bed after Sienna was gone. She rested his wrinkled

some time to speak privately with Dad as

inclined his head understandingly and excused himself,

to look for

onto the banister

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

cold and hard. Therefore, his knees were

doctor had given him a check-up the day before and voiced the

stairs and quietly observed Asher, noting how challenging it was for him just

deep breath and was about to take another step down when Cedrick

done as

and met

point in

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

would interpret anything he said as a ploy to fish

released Cedrick’s hand to

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

it all in wordlessly and resumed his

his back and shook his

left hand from peeling fruits throbbed in pain, reminding him

the housekeeper to get it disinfected and covered it up with an inconspicuous

hastily, one after the other two

room and

the side and

half an hour, Kieran

all seated on the couch in the hall, awaiting

to her feet. “Kieran, how is it? Is

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. It has now spread

atmosphere of the hall was shrouded with despair at the

felt the energy drain from her

her side and wrapped her in his arms to