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.

went to Angle yesterday in

down his pen and icily asked, “Did he manage to

he was discreetly kicked out of the

a while. “Then

“No.”

solemn look slowly returned to a peaceful

a respectful bow, the bodyguard turned and

moments later, Charles came

with a plan? Is that why

“Yes, I’ll be assigning you

instructions to Charles, Charles

want me to poison

lit a cigarette and said, “Why do you sound surprised? Didn’t you say that you’d do

“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,

this drug. It’s a prohibited drug I purchased from overseas, and it’s colorless and odorless. It’ll only take

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

of his cigarette before glancing

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

his back as he stood with a stiff back. His eyes were lowered as he mulled over the

the table to snap Charles back to the present. “You made me a promise yesterday, but are you now saying that you were only bluffing about

you say. I’ll make sure everything goes smoothly,

“Good.”

back on the chair

tilted his head back, he gazed at the rising smoke

you’ll have to hand in all

stiffened a little, but he only hesitated for two seconds before fishing out the old phone model from his pocket and putting

much money, so this is the only phone I have. If you don’t believe me, you can

smile and said. “Of

of Charles being alive and having only gone

However, the chaos was kept minimal because of Treyton’s control

Charles was alive, those rumors would be

on the couch, watching

the washed strawberries into

take back his old life after coming