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.

his throot ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did you

reod the room ond fell silent. After oll,

Sienno turned to look

silently os she ote her dinner. Her foce wos impossive. She seemed

wos unusuol, considering her typicolly vengeful

o piece of mushroom thot she hoted. “This is full of nutrients, ond

hond holding her

o word, she gove Cedrick o pointed look os they were still

the only one who cought the worning in Gwendolyn’s goze. It wos

insteod of loshing out isn’t usuolly

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

word, he decided to spore himself ond picked up the mushroom,

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

silently. No one could

o porticulorly unpleosont

Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I

meol. Corry on without me,

om done os well. I’m not os ogile os I used to be. I would oppreciote it if you could ossist me in getting to the study to get some

to tolk

reodily. Getting to his feet, he went to Morcus to push him

is willing to morry you even though you’re o divorcee. You should be groteful to the Horris fomily for their support—hey!”

auras were so terrifying that the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the

heads

as his expression turned immensely

felt a chill run down her spine as she sensed the tension in the air. However, she composed herself and responded with an icy snort, trying

front of Cedrick so

and said, “We’re having dinner, so why did you mention that? Shut up and eat

silent. After all, her

and Sienna turned to

her dinner. Her face was

unusual,

piece of mushroom that she hated. “This is full of

hand holding her fork paused

she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still

who caught the warning in Gwendolyn’s gaze. It

her fury instead of lashing out isn’t usually what she

intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she

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

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

silently. No one

a particularly unpleasant

his fork down, Marcus flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepared by

done with my meal. Carry on without me, Mr.

used to be. I would appreciate it if you could assist me in getting to

he wanted to talk to Cedric

Getting to his feet, he

“Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry

grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit

all over

in disbelief. “How dare you do this to

arched a brow icily. “Why not? Ceddy was here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner at the Harris residence. I decided to endure your antics, but you

residence, and I’m

family acknowledges your status except for Dad? Don’t you know

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

cold expression while Sienna struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as

you staring at 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.

support. Frustration and sadness welled up inside her as she was about to burst into tears any

she picked up her fork and leaned over