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.

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

and refused

remote expression. “I’ll wait for Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while you keep Dad company for

“All right.”

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

time to speak privately with Dad

excused

to look for Asher

the banister while making

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

knees were

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

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

to take another step down when Cedrick held

as

turned back and

any point

knew better than anyone what his sister’s temper, whom he’d cared for since childhood, was

if he were bedridden, she would interpret anything he said

gaze and released Cedrick’s hand to continue his

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 apology. Unfortunately, you have no idea

all in wordlessly and resumed his excruciating crawl

back

fruits throbbed in pain, reminding

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

one after the

Marcus’ room and conducted a

at the side

a nerve-wracking half an hour, Kieran helped

on the couch in the

“Kieran,

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 central nervous system. He will be brain-dead soon. Even if we insisted on operating on Dad, he wouldn’t survive

was shrouded with despair at

energy drain from her and swayed on her

side and wrapped her in his arms