The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 223 Nowhere To Hide

Suspicious thoughts raced through Gwendolyn’s mind.

Valentino was still speaking when she snapped out of her thoughts. “Cedrick’s really fallen for you. By the way, you’ve been back for a few days already, right? Have you two met yet? What’s your first impression of him?”

“I haven’t met him yet, Old Mr. Jenson,” answered Gwendolyn.

She then seized the opportunity to continue, “I’ve been sending people to meet him these days, but he’s been avoiding me. So, no. I haven’t met him yet.”

The look on Valentino’s face grew serious. “Did that really happen?”

He then asked Logan to enter and ordered, “Get Cedrick here this instant. What’s he avoiding her for?”

“Yes.”

In the meantime, Gwendolyn kept her smile while chatting and having coffee with Valentino.

Ten minutes later, Logan returned.

“Old Mr. Jenson, Mr. Jenson isn’t coming tonight. He’s on a mission.”

“What kind of mission’s so urgent that he has to bail his fiancée’s party? Ugh. This rascal!”

Valentino stomped his cane on the ground and tried to stop himself from being too harsh with his words. He assured her, “Don’t worry, Gwendolyn. I’m going to bring him here, even if it means kidnaping him.”

Instead of rejecting the suggestion, Gwendolyn smiled obediently. “We’ll follow your lead.”

Valentino cast her an affectionate gaze, but it darkened when he shifted his gaze to Logan.

“Tell that rascal to kneel in the ancestral hall for three whole days until his legs break if he doesn’t show up on time today.”

With that, Logan left.

Ten minutes later, he returned again to report gloomily, “Mr. Jenson says he’ll… carry out his punishment in the ancestral hall once he returns from his mission.”

Hearing that, Valentino lost it!

He’d rather get punished than attend his fiancée’s party, huh? He’s dead set on going against my words.

but to steel himself and increase the severity of the punishment. “The punishment doesn’t scare him, huh? Very

hundred whips? Are you being

simply stomped his cane on the ground and

Jenson, you know how stubborn Mr. Jenson is. He’ll definitely go to the ancestral hall to receive his

change in Valentino’s countenance. He lowered his

eyes darted between the

family’s whipping punishment isn’t as simple as I thought. Can a hundred whips really kill someone as muscular as Cedrick? He’s from

would be too embarrassing for him to go

in the room

keeping quiet and waiting for her to

gently, “Old Mr. Jenson, this whipping punishment sounds really terrifying. It’s just a party, anyway. His mission is more important. Please don’t punish him. It’s

got such a big heart. I’m

okay, Old Mr.

only made Valentino

show up today, I’ll find a way to let the two of you meet. I’m going to make

the party officially

had become the center of attention

gown, her delicate makeup, and her

was organized because

gazes and made a wonderful speech about returning to the

upstage to announce her engagement with

up, Marcus decided to simplify his speech and skipped the important parts to

guests and

bad to see her drinking alone. Hence, he walked over and

get engaged with Cedrick, do you?” he

said nothing and swirled her

you put up with everyone’s criticisms alone? He

no one, apart

Mr. Harris is doing a great job of controlling the crowd. Gwendolyn, I regret not letting my parents talk to him about asking your

Mr. Ferguson. I don’t want that,” rejected Gwendolyn without

you

down her glass and said solemnly, “I don’t like him, nor will I marry him. Similarly, I only see you as a friend. We’ll never get

paled, totally at a loss

o’clock at night. Nico, who had been hiding near the Harris residence, rushed to a car that was parked about two

surroundings before

waiting in the car for

Gwendolyn thanks to the threats you