The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 49 Who Set Whom Up

It was a female voice.

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“Shut up if you don’t want to die.” A brutal man with a scar on his face pressed a dagger against a girl’s cheek while another man stepped on her chest and laughed wickedly.

The girl was so scared that she could only nod in cooperation.

Seeing her behave herself, the two men grew even smigger. “Sweetie, it has been a while since we have had a taste of a woman. We’ll let you go as long as you serve us well.”

The girl started bawling upon hearing that

The two men smiled evilly and began to lay their hands on her.

One of them began to undo the buttons of the girl’s shirt. Suddenly, the man felt a heavy blow on the back of his head, which then started bleeding profusely. Wailing, he quickly covered it before collapsing onto the floor.

It gave the scarred-faced man a scare. He turned around and saw a woman behind them.

Gwendolyn was clad in white professional attire with a high heel in her hand, radiating a powerful

aura.

When the scarred-faced man saw her, his eyes immediately lit up. “What a fierce little beauty! I like it.”

Gwendolyn, playing with the high heel in her hand, sneered, “Shut up. One like you are not worthy to say that.”

Her words infuriated the scarred-faced man. After cursing at Gwendolyn, he raised his dagger and dashed toward her.

However, Gwendolyn overpowered him with a few blows, and he couldn’t clamber to his feet after that.

The girl trembled as she curled into herself, her eyes lilled with terror.

Her cheeks were slightly red, as if she had just drunk alcohol.

Seeing her like that caused Gwendolyn’s heart to wrench. Something immediately flashed across her

mind.

She shook her head, and the strange feeling she had earlier disappeared completely. Was that a hallucination? Ugh… Perhaps I’m too tired today.

looked at the teenage girl, who appeared around eighteen or nineteen

turn around and leave, she felt someone

gaze over and met the girl’s expectant eyes. “Miss, I was having some alcohol with my friends before I lost my way. My phone was broken by those two thugs.

home?”

hesitation in Gwendolyn’s eyes, she continued, “I’m Stella. Help

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you.”

her phone and noticed it was already half past nine at night. It’s already late. This training facility is located

Where

Suburb 2, house

more at case by clutching

the car did she loosen her grip

seemed exhausted and soon drifted off to

to time. She continued to drive the car silently when she saw the latter

times to ask for more details about the address. However,

closed, and the atmosphere inside the car was

took a couple of sniffs and

her face is flushed, there’s no stench of alcohol on her body. Furthermore, the training facility is

then, she felt a strong gust of wind

hand that was swinging toward her from

syringe was a hair’s breadth away

Stella didn’t expect Gwendolyn to be so quick-witted. As a vicious glint flashed in her eyes, she stopped pretending and tried to stab the needle

both hands.

Seeing the car moving at

the next instant, it flipped over and rammed

driver’s seat was equipped with airbags, Gwendolyn only received a minor scratch on her forehead and soon got out of

pity. This car hasn’t been with me for long, and yet it’s been sacrificed for the greater good already. She clicked her tongue at

of Stella coming out from the wrecked car, Gwendolyn went forward to open the car door. Shortly

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grass.

some time, Stella finally

life. “Why did you save me? I harmed you. You should have killed

her a cold glare. Instead of answering, she asked, “Who instructed you to do

silent and