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.

before she could fire

the blood pooling on Asher’s back,

furious Gwendolyn turned to Nico, Take Annie Steinfeld back to the Federal

the same even without Gwendolyn’s orders. After all, Annie had almost shot someone dead, so how could anyone overlook such

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

I didn’t know Annie was going to

how is her shooting so accurate? In any case, you can forget about extricating yourself from this matter,

the woman, downcast and silent, while a man from Team Four hurriedly put him in handcuffs.

wound that she was on the

wound. I’ll live.” Besides, we’re on an island off the coast… How is the ambulance going to

furrowed her brows. “Come on. Let’s leave the island. There’s a first–aid kit in the car parked by the

from excessive blood loss, Gwendolyn tore off a long strip of fabric from her skirt and tied it around Asher’s wound to temporarily stop the bleeding.

helped Asher onto the

escorted Annie and

refused to be anesthetized despite being persuaded by

“Are you really

guilty about it, but nothing I do feels enough to make up for

Sienna must be to see you in this

by his sister, Asher fell silent and

completed his treatment and was

the room, thus giving the

neither Gwendolyn nor Asher took the initiative to

like that, an awkward silence hung in the air for the longest

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

no evidence to

guilt–trip him into doing her bidding. Alas, who knew this was only because she killed Mom

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