The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 167 A Pet For Her Revenge

A sudden sharp pain coursed through Maverick’s body as a gunshot sounded.

The pain didn’t come from his chest, but from his right arm.

His eyes shot open, and he looked down to see a streak of blood on his white shirt. A bullet had grazed his arm.

All of a sudden, the clamor behind him ceased.

He glanced back and saw Natasha still in the same aggressive stance, ready to attack. Her expression gradually turned from ferocious to numb as a bullet had pierced through her chest.

Blood bloomed like a vibrant poppy flower and stained her dress crimson.

Natasha paused for a moment. At the sight of blood on her chest, she turned deathly pale. Her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed and fell unconscious.

Slow, loud claps could be heard from the doorway just then.

Charles looked at Gwendolyn with admiration shining in his eyes. “You’re too modest, Gwen. You still have such accurate aim even though you haven’t touched a gun in years. You truly are my student,” he praised.

Gwendolyn tossed the revolver in her hand aside. Her expression was stone cold under the dim light of the kerosene lamp, and she didn’t respond to Charles at all.

Maverick remained in the same spot and met Charles’ gaze.

Charles laughed sarcastically, but it was unclear whether he was laughing at Maverick or himself. “You win. We just played a game where Gwen had to choose between you and this woman. Even after you came to the suburbs this late to meet your ex-lover behind her back, she still chose you. It’s making me envious,” he remarked.

“A game?” Maverick repeated, feeling a chill run down his spine.

He pursed his thin lips and scrunched his brows as he looked at Gwendolyn.

She didn’t look at him but instead stared at Natasha, who had fallen to the ground. “Is this what you wanted to see? Is it fun?” Gwendolyn asked Charles.

“It’s not fun, because I’ve upset you,” Charles replied.

His eyes revealed a touch of desolation, and his voice softened slightly. “Gwen, you’re still young, so it’s understandable that you want a plaything. But I can also play with you for as long as you want. The bond we’ve had for so many years, isn’t it deeper than your relationship with this man?”

Maverick’s brow furrowed even more when Charles mentioned his long-time bond with Gwendolyn.

gazes were fixed

she turned to leave the cabin, she said, “It’s getting late, and I’m tired. Mr. Newton, since you

steps forward before noticing Maverick wasn’t following her. “Are you

scrambled to

by Charles, their gazes clashed, sparks flying from the intensity.

was extremely tense on the way back to Bay Villa. No one took the initiative to

his head

a blank expression and cold eyes. It was unclear what she was

a warm halo on her profile, etching

Natasha and not

the pressure in the car was too much at the moment as it was evident that Gwendolyn was in a bad mood. William, who

tentatively reached out, crossing the invisible boundary between them, and gently tugged

no reaction, still staring out the

an attempt to catch her attention, he let out light coughs and complained, “Gwendolyn, I’m

was

cause of the injury,”

air remained serene and

right arm dejectedly.

it seemed like

so thick that William

eye on her. Tonight, I followed Natasha’s trail. I didn’t go there to have a date with her; there’s

to purse her lips without a

was actually thinking

always

Intelligence Agency for training, while she

time… There’s something

was deep in thought, Maverick quietly watched her from the

arrived at the villa. Gwendolyn promptly opened the car door and walked to the front door. Suddenly, she remembered

mostly recovered, return to work at Wright Construction Group. The deadline

“Understood.”

closely behind her. The moment he returned to his