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.

apprehended by Nico’s subordinates before she could fire off a second shot.

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

a furious Gwendolyn turned to Nico, Take

Annie had almost shot someone

though Gwendolyn was boiling with rage, her mind remained clear

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

how is her shooting so accurate? In any case, you can forget

at the woman, downcast and silent, while a man from

Asher’s gunshot wound that she was on the verge of tears. “Are you

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

on. Let’s leave the island. There’s a first–aid kit in

Gwendolyn tore off a long strip of

helped Asher onto the boat and

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 Investigation while Gwendolyn and- Sienna rushed Asher to the hospital to remove

despite being persuaded by the doctor and Sienna to

Gwendolyn was peeved. “Are you

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 feel, the more I

must be to see you in this much pain? Why

scolded by his sister, Asher fell

he completed his treatment and was transferred

the room, thus giving the siblings an

Asher

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

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

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

is 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

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