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 an attempt

icily asked, “Did he

was discreetly kicked out of the

pondered the answer for a while. “Then did he meet

“No.”

slowly returned to a

a respectful bow, the bodyguard turned

few moments later, Charles came into the

come up with a plan? Is that why you want to

Charles. “Yes, I’ll be assigning you a task during

giving his instructions to

want me to

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

“But…”

Newton residence, not only would I be caught on

knows about this drug. It’s a prohibited drug I purchased from overseas, and it’s colorless and odorless. It’ll only take effect a week after he’s poisoned, so no one will suspect

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

puff of his cigarette

must be feeling guilty. If you do this, you’ll be able to get Gwendolyn to pass the wine to Cedrick. This plan will

stood with a stiff back.

the present. “You made me a promise yesterday, but are you now saying that you were only bluffing about your pledge of

I’ll make sure everything goes

“Good.”

back on the chair

head back, he gazed at the rising

before the party, you’ll have to hand in

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

the only phone I have. If you don’t believe me, you can

gave him an amicable smile and said. “Of course I

Charles being alive and having only gone abroad to study was

the chaos was kept minimal because of Treyton’s

that Charles was alive, those rumors would be

watching

put the washed strawberries into

that he’d use the identity of Charles Newton and take back his old life after coming back a year later.