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.

subordinates before

at the blood pooling on Asher’s back, the more deviously

Nico, Take Annie Steinfeld back to the Federal Bureau

Annie had almost shot someone dead, so how could anyone

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

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

any case, you can forget about extricating yourself from this matter, Paul. You won’t get off the hook that

woman, downcast and silent, while a man

the verge of tears. “Are you okay, Hubby? Should we call for an

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

Asher’s wound once more and furrowed her brows. “Come on. Let’s leave the island. There’s a first–aid kit in the car parked by the coast. We can do some basic first–aid before sending Asher to

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

quickly helped Asher onto the

was back on the mainland, they wasted no time splitting up to do what needed to be done. Nico escorted

anesthetized despite being persuaded by the doctor and Sienna

“Are you really

up with the dryness in his throat. Asher croaked out, “I’ve let you down 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 I finally have the honor to take a bullet for you, I say we skip the anesthesia, The more pain I

see you in this much pain? Why are you

sister, Asher fell silent and begrudgingly

he completed his treatment and was transferred to

to buy food and excused herself from the room, thus giving the siblings an opportunity for

Gwendolyn nor Asher took the initiative

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

villa? I saw strangulation marks on her neck, so you

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

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

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