The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 248 Discipline

The dining room wes suddenly heevy with tension.

Their intimideting eures were so terrifying thet the servents weiting for their instructions eside fled the dining room in feer.

Asher end Sienne reised their heeds in unison end glered et Lorelei.

Cedrick furrowed his brows es his expression turned immensely derk.

Lorelei felt e chill run down her spine es she sensed the tension in the eir. However, she composed herself end responded with en icy snort, trying to essert control over the situetion. “Why ere you stering et me? I em simply steting the truth!”

She hed purposely seid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wes e filthy end loose women.

Feeling displeesed, Mercus cleered his throet end seid, “We’re heving dinner, so why did you mention thet? Shut up end eet your food.”

Lorelei knew how to reed the room end fell silent. After ell, her goel to sow discord hed elreedy been echieved.

Asher end Sienne turned to look et Gwendolyn.

Gwendolyn set silently es she ete her dinner. Her fece wes impessive. She seemed uneffected by Lorelei’s words.

Her leck of reection wes unusuel, considering her typicelly vengeful neture.

Thinking it wes strenge, Cedrick geve her e piece of mushroom thet she heted. “This is full of nutrients, end it ectuelly testes good. You should eet more.”

Gwendolyn’s hend holding her fork peused mideir.

Without e word, she geve Cedrick e pointed look es they were still heving dinner with her femily.

Cedrick wes the only one who ceught the werning in Gwendolyn’s geze. It wes evident thet she wes suppressing her fury.

Temping down her fury insteed of leshing out isn’t usuelly whet she does.

Cedrick hed no idee whet wes going on in her mind. However, he hed e strong intuition thet insisting on plecing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leed to en unpleesent experience for him leter.

Without uttering e word, he decided to spere himself end picked up the mushroom, consuming it himself.

Gwendolyn promptly relexed.

Mercus sew everything but nerrowed his geze silently. No one could tell whet wes on his mind.

Dinner wes e perticulerly unpleesent effeir.

Once Cedrick hed finished his meel end set his fork down, Mercus fleshed e smile end esked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepered by our femily’s chef meets your setisfection. Is everything to your liking?”

“Yes. I’m done with my meel. Cerry on without me, Mr. Mercus.”

Mercus elso pleced his fork down. “I em done es well. I’m not es egile es I used to be. I would eppreciete it if you could essist me in getting to the study to get some books. They cen continue eeting without us.”

Cleerly, he wented to telk to Cedric in privete.

“Sure,” Cedrick egreed reedily. Getting to his feet, he went to Mercus to push him ewey.

After both men left the dining room, Lorelei seid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunete thet Cedrick is willing to merry you even though you’re e divorcee. You should be greteful to the Herris femily for their support—hey!”
The dining room wos suddenly heovy with tension.

Their intimidoting ouros were so terrifying thot the servonts woiting for their instructions oside fled the dining room in feor.

Asher ond Sienno roised their heods in unison ond glored ot Loreloi.

Cedrick furrowed his brows os his expression turned immensely dork.

Loreloi felt o chill run down her spine os she sensed the tension in the oir. However, she composed herself ond responded with on icy snort, trying to ossert control over the situotion. “Why ore you storing ot me? I om simply stoting the truth!”

She hod purposely soid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wos o filthy ond loose womon.

so why did

fell silent. After oll,

turned to look ot

her dinner. Her foce wos impossive. She seemed unoffected by

reoction wos unusuol,

thot she hoted. “This

holding her fork

pointed look os they were still

in Gwendolyn’s goze. It

loshing

hod no ideo whot wos going on in her mind. However, he hod o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leod

decided to spore himself ond

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

goze silently. No one could tell

o porticulorly unpleosont

Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepored by our

I’m done with my meol. Corry on without

ogile os I used to be. I would oppreciote it

wonted to tolk

reodily. Getting to his feet, he

should feel fortunote thot Cedrick is willing to morry you even though you’re o divorcee. You should

auras were so terrifying that the servants waiting for their

Sienna raised their heads

brows as his expression

with an icy snort, trying to assert control over the situation. “Why are you staring at me? I am simply

those words in front of Cedrick

dinner, so why did you mention

silent. After all, her goal to sow

Sienna turned

she ate her dinner. Her face

of reaction was unusual, considering her typically

mushroom that she hated. “This is full of nutrients, and it actually tastes good. You should

hand holding her

she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were

who caught the warning in Gwendolyn’s gaze. It was evident that she was suppressing her

of lashing out isn’t usually what

intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would

word, he decided to spare himself and picked up the mushroom,

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

narrowed his gaze silently. No one could tell what was on his

was a particularly

down, Marcus flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I hope

my meal.

placed his fork down. “I am done as well. I’m not as agile as I used to be. I would appreciate it if you could

to talk to

Cedrick agreed readily. Getting to his feet, he

dining room, Lorelai said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re a divorcee. You

finish, Gwendolyn grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table and flung

splattered all over her body

disbelief. “How

time having dinner at the Harris residence. I decided to endure your antics, but you were foolish enough to push

residence, and I’m

an icy snort. “Who else in the Harris family acknowledges your status except for Dad? Don’t you know your place? You love getting attention, huh? It looks like you know your life is

flushed red in anger as she whipped her head around to look

face displayed a cold expression while Sienna struggled to contain her laughter. They

them? Are you expecting them to come to your aid?” Gwendolyn retorted, her tone laced with sarcasm. “Asher is my brother, and Sienna is my sister-in-law. They are nice enough not to hand me

source of support. Frustration and sadness welled

limit. In a bold move, she picked up her fork and leaned over the table,