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.

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

whips? Are you being serious,

on the ground and turned his head, snorting

his punishment if he’s decided to not attend.

a change in Valentino’s countenance. He lowered his

Gwendolyn’s eyes darted between the two men’s

thought. Can a hundred whips really kill someone as muscular as

It would be too embarrassing for him to go against his promise,

the room

Gwendolyn knew Valentino was keeping quiet and waiting for

this whipping punishment sounds really terrifying. It’s just a party, anyway. His mission is more important. Please don’t punish him. It’s okay if

her hand and sighed. “You’ve got such a big heart. I’m sorry

Old

generosity only made

a way to let

the party

the center of attention

makeup, and her every move made

that night was organized

the stage under everyone’s gazes and made a wonderful speech about returning to the

announce her engagement with

not show up, Marcus decided to simplify his speech and skipped the important parts to distract the

through the party, Gwendolyn had finished toasting to the guests and found a table in the corner to

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

don’t really want to get engaged

and swirled her glass

you put up with everyone’s criticisms alone? He

snorted. “Mr. Ferguson, no one, apart from

crowd. Gwendolyn, I regret not letting my parents talk to him about asking your hand

I don’t want that,” rejected

you

down her glass and said solemnly, “I don’t like him, nor will I marry him. Similarly, I only

paled, totally at a

ended at eleven o’clock at night. Nico, who had been hiding near the Harris residence, rushed

surroundings before

waiting in the car for a long time, asked, “How

the threats