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.

voice and hasn’t spoken for several days. He’s

listened silently and refused to comment on

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

“All right.”

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

like some time to speak privately with Dad as

head understandingly and excused himself, shutting the door

for Asher after

was holding onto the banister while making his way

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

day before and voiced the possibility of him being diagnosed

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

take another step down

everything you’ve done as

back and met

there any point in

knew better than anyone what his sister’s temper, whom

he were bedridden, she would interpret anything he said as a ploy to fish for sympathy, which was

released Cedrick’s hand to continue his journey down the

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

all in wordlessly

back and shook

hand from peeling fruits throbbed in pain,

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

arrived hastily, one after the

a beeline to Marcus’ room

at the side and

a nerve-wracking half an hour, Kieran helped Gwendolyn

all seated on the couch in the hall, awaiting

got to her feet. “Kieran,

lowered his gaze 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. It has now spread and is affecting his

the hall was shrouded with despair at the

drain from her

to her side and wrapped her in