Wooing My Ex-Wife

Chapter 590 Cedrick Has His Suspicions 

“Annie kicked over the fuel tank earlier and wanted to set it on fire to perish with me. Thankfully, I managed to stop her in time,” Gwendolyn explained before nodding toward the lighter dropped outside the cage. “There. That’s what she was about to use.”

“I can’t believe she still has the cheek to pull a stunt like this. She’s incorrigible!” Nico fumed.

Asher, too, was grim–faced as he glowered at Paul. “What are you waiting for? Open the cage now,” he ordered, his voice hoarse but authoritative.

Paul then gestured to his bodyguards, who promptly pressed a switch on the opposite wall to raise the giant cage back to the ceiling.

Without further ado, Nico and the others walked to Gwendolyn. “Has Annie told you about Mom’s cause of death?” Asher asked.

Gwendolyn nodded. “Yes. It’s all over. Haul her away, Nico, I want to look into every crime she has committed over the years.”

“Sure, Gwendolyn.”

Not wanting to stay a second longer, the woman turned around and left.

Coincidentally, Annie had regained consciousness and glared at Gwendolyn’s retreating figure.

“Gwendolyn, you may not have dared to strangle me to death, but I sure as hell have the guts to kill you…

With that, she pulled out a concealed pistol before Nico’s men could grab her, aimed it at Gwendolyn, and pulled the trigger.

Having noticed what Annie was up to, Asher shouted, “Kiddo!”

Since he was also the nearest to Gwendolyn, he instinctively hugged her and shielded her from the attack

Bang!

Following the gunshot, a bullet pierced Asher’s back, causing him to wince in pain. Despite that, he continued to cling to his sister, determined to protect her.

was apprehended by Nico’s subordinates before she could fire

at the blood pooling on Asher’s back,

brother’s condition, a furious Gwendolyn turned to Nico, Take

Gwendolyn’s orders. After all, Annie had almost shot

boiling with rage, her mind remained clear and sharp. “Take Paul along.

the gun. I didn’t know Annie was going to do that, either…. I swear this has

get her hands on a gun, then?” Gwendolyn scoffed. “Furthermore, how is her shooting so accurate? In any

downcast and silent, while a man from Team Four hurriedly put him in

she was on the verge of

live.” Besides, we’re on an island off

“Come on. Let’s leave the island. There’s a first–aid kit in the car parked by the coast. We can do

that one could also die from excessive blood loss, Gwendolyn tore off a long strip of fabric from her skirt and tied it around Asher’s

she and Sienna quickly helped Asher onto the boat

the group was back on the mainland, they wasted no time splitting up to do what needed to be done. Nico escorted Annie and Paul back to the Federal Bureau of

being persuaded by the doctor and Sienna to do so.

Gwendolyn was peeved. “Are you really a

gat you killed by Evelyn on several occasions. I still feel guilty about it, but nothing I do feels enough to make up for my mistakes. Now that I finally have the honor to take

mind?” Gwendolyn snapped. “Do you know how worried Sienna must be to see you in this

fell silent and begrudgingly accepted the anesthetic,

treatment and was transferred to an

herself from the room, thus giving the siblings an opportunity for a

however, neither Gwendolyn nor Asher took the

air for the longest time until the latter mustered

in the villa? I saw strangulation marks on her neck, so you guys must’ve fought quite a bit. Was it about the truth behind our

one–sided claims. There’s no evidence

him into doing her bidding. Alas, who knew this was only because she killed Mom by removing her ventilator? Annie had known this all along, yet

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