The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 182 A Fake Hug

As expected, the little meanie Gwendolyn was not so easy to deal with.

He shook his head and sighed inwardly, vowing to himself never to mess with this young domineering lady in the future.

On the other end of the call, Asher had no idea that he had been played by Gwendolyn. He said earnestly, “I heard from Treyton that you’ve been gathering evidence on the Lane family from Fairlake recently, so I took the liberty of looking into it for you since I have the time. I’ll have Treyton fax it to your office tomorrow.”

Gwendolyn chuckled to herself inwardly.

She thought that this timing was too convenient as Asher should not have had so much free time.

It seemed that this was premeditated, and Asher had deliberately waited for her to be punished before bringing up the matter.

So, is he using the carrot and stick method?

Although it was a bit unpleasant to think about, Gwendolyn remembered her promise to let Asher use her as a punching bag once for tricking him.

In her opinion, it was worth it.

There was also no reason not to accept the evidence that was going to be delivered straight to her hand.

Gwendolyn reluctantly agreed and showered Asher with a series of compliments before finally managing to end the call.

Since Maverick was in the hospital, it was quite late by the time Gwendolyn finished kneeling. She quickly tidied up a room and asked Treyton to make do with it for his stay at Bay Villa for a night.

The next morning, Gwendolyn went to work at Wright Construction Group as usual.

The evidence Asher had gathered was quickly sent to her via fax as promised. She gathered the papers and bound them together into a booklet before carefully reading through them.

As expected, Asher’s efficiency was truly impressive once he took action.

This evidence was detailed enough to put Samantha in prison for the rest of her life.

Tomorrow, she would bring justice to the Lane family.

She called Yulia for a meeting and was busy until the afternoon.

She thought of Maverick, who was still recovering in the hospital. She then made a call to William and instructed him to find a small item for her.

Gwendolyn packed up her things and headed back to Bay Villa first when it was time to get off work.

She saw Elven upon arriving at the villa entrance, which was not something she had expected.

She frowned and asked, “Why are you here instead of staying at the hospital?”

Elven explained, “Mr. Wright said he didn’t want to stay in the hospital, so he insisted that Dr. Xenakis re-examine him and complete the discharge procedures.”

He’s already been discharged from the hospital?

planned to

mostly healed since he can

leaned in close to her and whispered, “Ms. Shalders, I think there’s something odd about Mr.

think so, huh?” Looks like Maverick is really acting

indescribable

as soon as he returned, and he hasn’t come

“I see. Okay.”

on her face as she walked straight into the villa

door of Maverick’s room was closed, but it

door open and entered the room. The bed was neatly made, showing no signs

He was admiring the sunset outside the floor-to-ceiling window in a leisurely and relaxed demeanor, his eyes cool and

was late autumn, the sunlight that fell upon one’s body

graced his handsome, perfect side profile only served

she got closer, Gwendolyn noticed his thin lips were dark and chapped. His face was also extremely pale, as if he had no blood within him, which just

put pressure on the wound on

beauty of the sunset, so he did not notice Gwendolyn approaching him

“You’re back.”

up, trying to stand. “I was so engrossed that I lost track of time. You must

well, I’ll

shoulder, guiding him to sit

realized how cold and icy his entire body was as if he had no warmth at

don’t look well. Is the wound on your back still

are cold because I’ve been lying down for too long, but I’m fine. I just need to rest for a couple of days, and I’ll be

simply didn’t

a weak voice, his eyelashes trembling from time to time. She felt that he was always forcing

take a look at your injury,” she said

not a big deal. It’s almost healed, and it’s wrapped in gauze anyway. Even if you take off my clothes, you won’t

said was

Gwendolyn reluctantly let go.

slightly. He quickly reached back to support himself on the

he curled the corner of his pale lips slightly, appearing somewhat languid. “It’s rare to see

rolled her eyes at

save her this time, she didn’t ridicule or mock him. Instead, she said with a serious expression, “You know I don’t like being indebted to others. Since you saved me this time, I’ll grant you one request. What would

Any request will

contact with her, a faint glimmer flashing in

best to fulfill everything else you ask for.

just laughed, for she knew very well that those were all

have much

Just stand there and

and

he slipped his hands through her trench coat, tightly encircling her slender waist. “Let me hold you for a

body was warm, while

felt warmth even in

“Just that?”