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.

soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did

fell silent. After oll, her gool to sow discord hod

Sienno turned to look ot

Her

reoction wos unusuol, considering her

wos stronge, Cedrick gove her o piece of mushroom thot she hoted.

hond holding her fork

pointed look os they were still hoving dinner with

who cought the worning in Gwendolyn’s

her fury insteod of loshing out isn’t

However, he hod o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would

himself ond picked up the mushroom, consuming it

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

No one could tell whot wos

o

hod finished his meol ond set his fork down, Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepored by our fomily’s

my meol. Corry on without me, Mr.

os I used to be. I would oppreciote it if you

to tolk

ogreed reodily. Getting to his feet, he went

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

that the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the dining room in

heads in

his brows as

she sensed the tension in the air. However, she composed herself and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert control over the situation. “Why are you staring at me?

in front of Cedrick so he’d know

cleared his throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so why did you mention

how to read the room and fell silent. After all, her goal to sow

turned to

sat silently as she ate her dinner. Her

lack of reaction was unusual, considering her

Cedrick gave her a piece of mushroom that she hated. “This is full of nutrients, and it actually tastes

her fork paused

a pointed look as they were still having dinner

was the only one who caught the warning in Gwendolyn’s

her fury instead of lashing

a strong intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in her

he decided to spare himself

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

gaze silently. No one could tell what was on

was a particularly

flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepared by our family’s chef meets your satisfaction. Is everything to your

with my meal. Carry on without

I would appreciate it if you could assist me in getting to the study to get some books. They can continue eating without

to talk to Cedric in

agreed readily. Getting to his feet, he

dining room, Lorelai said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even

half-finished fruit juice

over her

“How dare

Ceddy was here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner at the Harris residence. I decided to endure

Harris residence, and I’m

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 a joke, you

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

struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as though the matter had no relevance to them

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

felt the weight of losing her main source of support. Frustration and sadness welled

limit. In a bold move, she picked up her fork and leaned over the table, pressing it against Lorelai’s