The Ex and Her Riches

The Newton siblings had been waiting in the dining room at the Newton residence for Whitney for a long while.

Yet, she still hadn’t returned for dinner.

Jasmine lightly furrowed her eyebrows. “Did you not pick up Whitney today, Charles? Why hasn’t she come back?”

Charles’ countenance turned grim. “I had something to take care of today, so I returned home ahead of time.”

“That’s where you’re wrong. What could be more important than picking up your wife from work?” Lucas was dissatisfied with Charles’ answer.

Jasmine added, “It hasn’t been long since Whitney joined the Newton family, Charles. She isn’t familiar with this area. Maybe she got lost while trying to come back?”

Charles stared at his watch with a grave expression and said nothing.

The siblings waited for another twenty minutes.

Seeing that Whitney still hadn’t returned and the sky was turning dark, Jasmine panicked. “You have crossed the line this time, Charles. You didn’t pick up your wife from work, and she still isn’t back home yet. The food is getting cold, yet you don’t seem to be worried at all.”

Once again, Charles looked at his watch quietly.

Jasmine took out her phone and called Whitney. “Charles, her phone is off. I can’t reach her. Did something happen to her?”

After glancing at the sky outside, Lucas said, “It’s getting dark pretty fast today. Looks like it’s about to rain. If it does, Whitney will have an even harder time returning home.”

Unable to sit still any longer, Charles rose to his feet and strode out of the dining room.

Immediately, Jasmine followed him, wanting to search for Whitney with him.

However, Lucas stopped her. “Don’t go and make things worse. It looks like they’ve had an argument. Let them deal with it themselves.”

True. Jasmine sat back down and stared at the rain outside the window worriedly.

The rain was getting heavier by the minute, and the sky was dark.

umbrella, Charles set off from the Newton residence

drive his car or bring his bodyguards with him. He only had his

familiar figure would

Whitney today, I’ll have to

his

along the path away from the Newton residence for ten minutes. Unfortunately, he still didn’t see

going

his phone and called

returned? How can that be? She left the office not long

me everything that happened before she

picking her up. Then, I offered her a ride home, but she refused. The last time I saw her

the ground floor, she either took a taxi or bus home. Given her financial situation, she would most likely take the bus. How stupid! Charles was irritated. Why did she have to take the bus when she could’ve arrived home in a comfortable car? Does she not have a

know the routes she’ll most likely take to return to

before he went to carry out his

Charles

connected to the

scanning through that information, Charles realized something. Whitney will end up at the subway station around

to the garage and slowly drove along

squeaking of the wipers annoyed him as he

kilometers, he caught the sight of a thin figure sitting on the

couldn’t see who it was.

streets as she had always been driven back

road was slippery, and the sky was

too much. Feeling tired, she opted to rest on the side

her countenance, she hopelessly buried her

ago, she had still hoped to see Charles picking her up with his car. However, he wasn’t

accumulated over time until she eventually stopped

on the side of the road, she was drenched by the rain. Her wet hair was stuck to her cheeks. Even her eyelashes were covered

looked like an