The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 474

That night was not a calm night.

To the occupants of the Newton residence, especially, it was a sleepless, painful night.

Jasmine had paid a visit to a relative of her mother’s. She was unreachable because she had turned off her phone.

After Gwendolyn and her group left, Craig ordered the bodyguards to locate Jasmine immediately.

Five hours later, at daybreak, Jasmine was dragged back from her relative’s house and flung into the ancestral hall.

“Hey! Go easy, would you? Are you trying to kill me?”

She massaged her sore buttock as she grumbled at the bodyguard.

Without a word, the bodyguard departed the ancestral hall after one last bow.

With a bang that startled Jasmine, he slammed the doors to the ancestral hall shut.

In the pitch-black darkness of the night, the candles in the ancestral hall remained lit. Shivering at the Occasional cold breeze, Jasmine swallowed guiltily as she got to her feet.

“Remain on your knees.”

An icy male voice that chilled her to the bone sounded behind her.

Jasmine shuddered with a fear that penetrated her bones when she heard the voice.

Clumsily, she whipped around and saw Craig standing before the plaques of their ancestors with a menacing scowl. Even more frightening, he was holding the cane used to uphold their familial laws.

The slick-looking cane looked imposing. It was plain that it had been soaking before it was produced. prepared especially for her.

Terrified, she braced herself before stepping forward and kneeling, giving a weak chuckle as she did so.

I do

contorted with rage, looked as cruel as a bloodthirsty

Craig. My skin is too delicate to withstand the cane. Besides, you’ve never struck me.

act of indignity by biting her

Craig gazed down imperiously. His tone was cold, as if he

I find out

shook her head vigorously, “I won’t. Ask your questions,

you seek refuge outside

repeated reminders earlier

did no such thing. Why do you say that, Craig? It was Genevieve who called me over to play like she always does. I wasn’t planning on coming home today, but you sent someone to retrieve me I spend the night at her house all the time. Was that so wrong that

studied her expression. “Are Gwendolyn’s crystal earrings

arrived at the point, Jasmine began to grow nervous. She reminded

I may not survive the

innocently. “Yes, they’re with

cane up with

would hurt

hesitance to lunge at him and hold on to his thigh as she

What did I do? Could you at least tell me

up with tears as a result of

virtues of our family I have taught you, Jasmine,” he

Gazing up

of the Newton family, and I have seen much more valuable jewelry than that. Why would I steal? And

Craig’s brows tightened.

Having raised his own

her brought to the ancestral hall to question her

me everything that had happened in order,” he ordered

him the story she had rehearsed many times in her aunt’s

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