The Ex and Her Riches

“He led some men to the mountain to clear the mines, but strangely there was none. Only some old and useless bombs were dug up.”

Gwendolyn heaved a sigh of relief. “It seems that they were just trying to scare us with their words. When I heard it, I really thought he was going to drag us to hell with him…”

As she spoke, her eyes reddened. Her near-death encounter still sent a chill down her spine.

Cedrick empathized with her, knowing she was worried about his safety as well as those of his men. He patted her back gently to console her. “It’s okay. I know exactly how great are the soldiers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A trivial matter like this is just a piece of cake to them.”

Right then, they heard footsteps approaching and lifted their heads at once. It was Jasper. “Mr. Jenson, the transportation for the return trip has been arranged. When are we leaving?”

Gwendolyn was looking forward to going home after being away for so many days because Benedict was still in the hospital. Although Charles had been taking good care of Benedict day and night, Gwendolyn needed to see her baby in order to be assured that he was well. Otherwise, she could not put her mind at ease.

She had thought about Benedict, Zendaya, and Cedrick when she was locked up in the basement of Channing’s villa. She had drawn strength from her loved ones to help her survive those difficult times.

Now that I think about it, I bet the two little darlings must have missed me terribly too!

Cedrick caught a glance of her expression and instantly knew that she missed her children. He quickly instructed, “Do a round of headcount now, and we’ll leave immediately.”

He then hugged his wife and walked her out of the deserted house.

On the way back, there were four identical cars lining up in a straight line, dutifully monitoring the surroundings to ensure their safety.

It was not a short drive to travel from the suburb back to the city center. In addition, the journey was also very bumpy.

Gwendolyn looked out the window and stared at the unchanging landscape of the mountains. Soon, drowsiness set in, and she could not help but yawn.

Cedrick looked at Gwendolyn and noticed that her usually dazzling side profile now looked weary. He felt bad and pulled her into his arms. “Take a short nap, Darling,” he said while patting her.

Gwendolyn slowly closed her eyes and nestled in his arms. She felt so relieved as he hugged her waist. “You get some rest too.”

off as soon as she

out the window vigilantly. Even though his eyes were all red from staying up for several nights, he dared not

first half of the journey were bare mountain

be alert

then. He had since racked his brains to scheme and

of

Cedrick prayed hard that Joe was not the mastermind behind the milk powder contamination incident. However, it’s hard

already evening by the time they

by the rays of the setting

Gwendolyn went to visit Benedict right away. He was

he was connected to his parents telepathically, Benedict opened his eyes upon

smiled the moment he saw

by him

It was Charles.

quite a bit of weight. She looks exhausted. It

behind Gwendolyn, so he caught the expression on Charles’ face. His face darkened, and he cleared his throat to express his

continued staring at Gwendolyn until

got up and approached her, asking, “Gwen, what

followed Charles’ gaze

to me when I fell asleep in the

at the silent man standing by her side, but

an unhappy tone, “Mr. Jenson, you promised me you would take good care of her, but you failed to do so and caused her to

not bother to explain himself, his gaze

Gwendolyn looked at Benedict again. She sighed and

he saw that she was hurt, his possessive alter-ego nearly got the

person you trust the most, he has failed to protect you well and caused you harm. I just

Gwendolyn recalled something. I think I got injured when I was locked up in Channing’s basement. The repeated movement of the coarse rope rubbing against my clothes has caused a friction burn and left