The Ex and Her Riches

Gwendolyn gave a careless wave of her hand. “It’s nothing.”

“The trade-off has been set for ten o’clock tomorrow morning, so you’ll have to be patient for a little longer. Mr. Wendell demanded thirty billion to agree to meet with Mr. Jenson in person.”

“He finally caved. At least everything I’ve gone through these past few days hasn’t been in vain. Bind me tightly tomorrow. If you don’t, I’m afraid I won’t be able to restrain myself from tearing him into a million pieces.” Her expression darkened as she spoke. How dare he harm innocent babies. Even if I were to stab his body a thousand times, I’d still think he deserved it!

Over on Broadbay Hill, the thick canopy of trees obstructed the view of the sky and blocked out any light. The air was so hot and humid that it almost felt suffocating.

Hamish’s bodyguards brought Gwendolyn to the mountain range before it was even dawn.

As they started preparing for Cedrick’s arrival, they left her, all trussed up, on a bare bed frame inside a shabby wooden cabin. Sweat mingled with dust ran down her face. Propped against the headboard, she had her eyes closed, looking drained and weary.

Meanwhile, Jasper stood silently on one side and occasionally glanced at the watch on his wrist.

It was almost time.

Two coughs sounded, some rustling, then heavy footsteps approached.

“Hahaha! Your reputation precedes you, Mr. Kron. Sure enough, now that we finally meet, I can see you’re no ordinary person indeed.”

No one walked through the door. Instead, a big, protruding belly first came into view, then a fierce-looking face wearing a sinister smile.

After Channing heard that remark, his lips twitched. He had no idea what to say in response. “I can’t compare to you, Mr. Wendell. You’re truly… just like everything I’ve heard about you. You’re known far and wide.”

In truth, the fat man before him was nothing like the intelligent Mr. Wendell in the rumors.

The man walked over and extended a hand politely. “Hamish Wendell.”

At that moment, there was a knock on the wooden door.

Channing’s

a light tone, “Oh, I forgot to tell you that Mr. Wendell has set up an ambush nearby to prevent anything from interrupting the trade-off. That’s just someone here

expression on Channing’s face froze, and he asked solemnly, “I see you’re a man of action, Mr. Wendell.

he spoke, he shot Jasper a look out of the corner of his eye. I hope Mr. Jenson

I’ve set up ambushes at the foot of the mountain and

that they could all meet their end that day if

clock’s second hand ticked away steadily, moving to point toward the top of the

heard the sound of a car engine outside, followed by a deep, firm voice saying, “The thirty billion is inside the car. I’ve delivered it on the dot. The documents for my

the wooden cabin

while on the mountain. However, he noticed there was no other sound at all when he spoke. That could

his eyes. “Did you hear that? Your

touch Gwendolyn, Jasper grabbed him by his wrist and interrupted, “Mr. Wendell, we

of Gwendolyn with her eyes tightly shut. Her eyelashes were trembling slightly. Pushing Jasper away, he pulled her up forcefully. “Playing dead, are you? Come on.

rope tying Gwendolyn’s wrists together as

has become after being kidnapped for a few days. How can

and fragile, almost like a piece of paper pinched

though he knew what Hamish said was untrue, his eyes reddened. It

I’ve brought what you wanted, so return her to me now,” he

was going on around him, his focus was solely on Gwendolyn’s frail figure. He seemed worried she would disappear in the blink

expression, Hamish replied, “Sure. I can give her to you.

Cedrick replied without

like that?” Instantly becoming excited, Hamish flicked his right hand and tossed a dagger at Cedrick’s feet. “Rumor has it that you’re quite skilled, and nobody has ever been able to get as much as a scratch on you. However, I

into maniacal laughter. “What’s wrong? You can’t bring yourself to do it? As long as I see you

picked up the dagger, and unsheathed it. The blade

your own life, but it appears that’s not the case.

face. It seemed as though he was wondering where

his skin. Soon,