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.

by Nico’s subordinates before she could fire

pooling on Asher’s back, the more deviously she

condition, a furious Gwendolyn turned to Nico, Take Annie Steinfeld back to the Federal Bureau of

same even without Gwendolyn’s orders. After all, Annie had almost shot someone

rage, her mind remained clear and sharp.

that, Paul whimpered. “Ms. Harris, I wasn’t the one who fired the gun. I didn’t know Annie was going to do that, either….

on a gun, then?” Gwendolyn scoffed. “Furthermore, how is her shooting so accurate? In any case, you can forget about extricating yourself from this matter, Paul. You won’t get off the hook that easily.”

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was on the verge of tears. “Are you

a flesh wound. I’ll live.” Besides, we’re on an island off the

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

long strip of fabric from her skirt and tied it around Asher’s wound to

Sienna quickly helped Asher onto the boat

escorted Annie and Paul back to the Federal

everyone’s surprise, Asher refused to be anesthetized despite being persuaded by the

peeved. “Are

in the past and almost 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

you know how worried Sienna must be to see you in this much pain? Why are you so selfish? Why can’t you spare a

his sister, Asher fell silent and begrudgingly accepted the

his treatment and was transferred to an observation

the room, thus giving the siblings an opportunity for a private, heart–to–heart talk.

Gwendolyn nor Asher took the initiative to speak

silence hung in the air for the longest time until the latter mustered enough courage to

you when you two 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

replied, “Everything I’ve heard is just Annie’s one–sided claims. There’s no evidence to prove that what she said was true. I’d need to

true, it’d mean she had kept Asher in the dark and used him as a pawn… She made Asher believe he was the reason her mother died so she could guilt–trip 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 she still intentionally preyed on

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