The Ex and Her Riches

As Charles sat on the guest room’s bed, a sense of worry gnawed his heart.

He knew Craig far too well. The man was paranoid and an overthinker. He knew that Craig was not going to believe him so easily

With that thought in mind, he sent Cedrick a message.

The next morning, at the Newton residence’s dining room, everyone was silently having their breakfast.

Only the sounds of cutlery against crockery filled the huge dining room.

After what seemed like forever, Craig said, “Charles, since you’re back, I’ll be announcing to the public that you’re still alive. I’ll hold a welcome party for you.”

Charles furrowed his brows and replied, “But Craig, if Cedrick finds out about this, he’ll surely try to capture me and send me back to the secret interrogation room to torture me.”

Upon noticing Charles’ nervousness, Craig let down his guard a little.

“Don’t leave the Newton residence before the welcome party. I’ll guarantee your safety.”

“But, Craig…”

“No.” Craig firmly said. “You told me that you were going to heed my orders. Have you already forgotten about that?”

At that, Charles had no choice but to reply, “All right.”

“Come to the study two hours later. I have something I want you to do.”

“Okay.”

Silence returned to the dining room.

After the meal, Jasmine went back to the Jenson family’s Harrick Villa. She was forced to go and check on Jennifer.

Meanwhile, Lucas bitterly went to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to work. He had been the errand boy for the past two days, and he was about to collapse from exhaustion. His grudge against Craig only became even more intense.

Meanwhile, Craig felt better, and he could somewhat walk on his own, albeit slowly.

Thus, he went to the study to deal with Newton Group’s quarterly financial statement.

A few minutes later, the bodyguard knocked on the room door.

Charles went to Angle yesterday

icily asked, “Did he manage to see

I think he was discreetly kicked

for a while. “Then did he

“No.”

look slowly returned to a peaceful expression. “You’re

bow, the bodyguard

few moments later, Charles came into

with a plan? Is that why you want

head to smile at Charles. “Yes, I’ll be assigning you a task during your welcome party, and you have

later, when Craig was done giving his instructions to Charles,

you want me

a cigarette and said, “Why do you sound surprised? Didn’t you say that you’d do anything so that I can become the director of the Federal Bureau of

“But…”

“The welcome party will be held in the Newton residence. If anything happens to Cedrick at the Newton residence, not only would I be caught on the spot, but Newton Group’s shares will be affected too. The Newton family won’t be able to escape this, so Craig, you have to think about

from overseas, and

a tough drug to be detected, why do you want me to

his cigarette before glancing at

She shot you, so she must be feeling guilty. If you do this, you’ll be able to get Gwendolyn to pass the wine to Cedrick.

behind his back as he stood with a stiff back. His eyes were lowered as

the table to snap Charles back to the present. “You made me a promise

you say. I’ll make sure

“Good.”

back on the chair as

he gazed at the rising smoke with

the Newton residence before the party, you’ll have to hand in all

seconds before fishing out the old phone model from his pocket and putting it

If you don’t believe

and said.

night, news of Charles being alive and having only gone abroad to study

was still under suspicion for Charles’ murder. However, the chaos was kept minimal because of Treyton’s control

was alive, those rumors

the couch, watching the news of the Newton

washed strawberries into her mouth,

Charles Newton and take back his old life after coming back