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.

set off from the

bring his

journey, he hoped Whitney’s familiar figure would appear in his sight,

find Whitney today,

his watch,

minutes. Unfortunately, he still

isn’t going

his phone and called

hasn’t returned? How can that

everything that happened before

and told her you wouldn’t be picking her up. Then, I offered her a ride home, but she refused.

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.

bus she took immediately! I want to know the routes she’ll most likely take to

said Isaac before he went to carry out

Charles received

listed the three bus routes connected to the subway Whitney had most likely taken to return

the subway station around

ran back to the garage and slowly drove along the street to the

the wipers annoyed him as he

of a

see who it was. He could only approach the figure on foot with

was unfamiliar with the streets as she had always been driven back to the Newton residence. She had

slippery, and

was completely lost and hungry after walking too much. Feeling tired, she opted to rest on the side of

countenance, she

an hour ago, she had still hoped to see Charles picking her up with his car. However, he wasn’t in any of the cars that

until she eventually stopped expecting

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

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