The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 126 The Mastermind

It seemed that Maverick was worn out from last night, as he was sleeping soundly now.

Gwendolyn stared at him for a moment.

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She saw the faint traces of a slap mark on his left cheek, accompanied by slight swelling and the uncleaned. bloodstain at the corner of his mouth. He appeared quite miserable, not much better off than her.

Although she had exhausted all her strength last night and couldn’t remember what had happened. afterward, judging from the current situation, she supposed Maverick did not do anything to her.

Gwendolyn pursed her lips and suddenly tasted a hint of sweetness in her mouth. Is this the taste of glucose? He was the one who drugged my coffee, but now he’s pretending to be a good guy?

Gwendolyn’s eyes had a bone-chilling coldness to them.

Is he putting on a show for me? I’ll wait and see what’s next!

She stepped out of the bathtub and tiptoed out of the bathroom without waking Maverick up

A sharp pain in his back jolted Maverick out of sleep.

He almost dislocated his arm from sleeping so soundly against the edge of the bathtub.

I was so busy helping Gwendolyn bring down her fever last night that I forgot to apply medicine to myself. To make matters worse, I accidentally bumped into the sharp corner of the bed, which probably aggravated the swelling on my back.

He sighed, propped himself up to sit, and suddenly realized that the person in the bathtub had disappeared.

When did she wake up?

Surprisingly, he had no idea at all. It appeared that the 023 special drug had significantly decreased his acuity.

He got up and walked over to the sink, where he looked in the mirror and wiped the trace of the blood from the corner of his mouth. Then, he went downstairs to find Gwendolyn.

The atmosphere in the living room was extremely tense.

Gwendolyn sat on the couch with her arms folded across her chest and a cold expression on her face.

Elven, William, Quinton, and Ryan, stood neatly behind the

came downstairs.

with heavy steps and stood

met his gaze, but

her, was the first to point at the two packets of coffee sugar on the table. “Mr. Wright, Ms. Shalders asked you to make her coffee last night, and while you did make

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something nasty to it, didn’t you? We found another packet of coffee sugar containing

Gwendolyn intently and explained, “It’s true that I placed the sugar packets in the coffee tray and served it to you. I won’t

slightly, and her eyes were full

does he intend to persuade

help trying again. “I said I would never deceive or manipulate you again last night, and I meant it. Can you… just trust me this time?” Gwendolyn chuckled softly. “You entered my room late one night when Natasha drugged you, but the next day you thought

would never

thin lips together as he was at a

.

you have

I drank it by mistake. Can you honestly say you had nothing to do with it? Honestly, if this one-year agreement is too hard for you to bear, I can give you a chance to compete fairly and allow you to reclaim Wright Construction

had to resort to

it would turn out like this as he

table. “I know that Frida gave you the medicine pouch when you went to the Wright residence. Here are two packets of coffee sugar on the table that were taken from your

the coffee sugar packets on the coffee table,

that you’ve been deceived and used by Frida. In that case,

were

and tried to search for

Unfortunately, there was none.

Isn’t it my fault that

self-deprecatingly, walked over to the coffee table, and picked

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of everyone present and poured them into the cup of

face turned pale when he realized that he had actually

powerful effects. Yet he drank the whole packet. Is he not afraid of death? Ms. Shalders only asked him to choose.

darkened as well.