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 off

blood pooling on Asher’s back, the more deviously

Gwendolyn turned to Nico,

even without Gwendolyn’s orders. After all, Annie had

rage, her mind remained clear and sharp. “Take

fired the gun. I didn’t know Annie was going to do that, either…. I swear this has nothing to do with

so accurate? In any case, you can forget about extricating yourself from this matter, Paul. You won’t get off the hook that easily.”

while a man

about Asher’s gunshot wound that she was on the verge of tears.

shook his head. “No. It’s just a flesh wound. I’ll live.” Besides, we’re on an island off the coast… How is the

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

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

was done, she and Sienna quickly helped Asher onto the

be done. Nico escorted Annie and Paul back to the Federal Bureau of Investigation while

being

was peeved. “Are you

about it, but nothing I do feels enough to

snapped. “Do 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 thought

Asher fell silent and begrudgingly

his treatment and was transferred to an observation

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

Gwendolyn nor Asher took the initiative to speak

the air for the longest time until the latter mustered

exactly did Annie tell you when you two were in the villa? I saw strangulation marks on her neck, so you guys must’ve

just Annie’s one–sided claims. There’s no evidence to prove that what

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

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