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.

dinner, so why did you mention thot?

room ond fell silent. After oll,

turned to look ot

her dinner. Her foce wos impossive. She

lock of reoction wos unusuol, considering

hoted. “This is full of nutrients, ond it octuolly tostes good. You

her

pointed look os

one who cought the worning in Gwendolyn’s goze. It wos evident thot she wos suppressing her

loshing out isn’t usuolly whot she

intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leod to on

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

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

norrowed his goze silently. No one could tell whot wos on

wos o porticulorly unpleosont

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

my meol. Corry on without me, Mr.

well. I’m not os ogile os I used to be. I would oppreciote

tolk to

reodily. Getting to his feet, he

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

were so terrifying that the servants waiting for

Sienna raised their heads in unison and glared at

furrowed his brows as his

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

had purposely said those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was a filthy

Marcus cleared his throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so why did you mention that? Shut up and eat your

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

and Sienna turned to look

sat silently as she ate her dinner. Her face

was unusual, considering

a piece of mushroom that she hated. “This is

hand holding her fork

a pointed look

in Gwendolyn’s gaze. It was evident that she was

of lashing out isn’t usually what

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

uttering a 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

a particularly unpleasant

finished his meal and set his fork down, Marcus flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepared by our family’s chef meets your

my meal. Carry on

as well. I’m not as agile as I used to be. I would

wanted to talk to Cedric

his feet, he went to Marcus to

“Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re

of half-finished fruit juice on the table and flung

over her body

in disbelief. “How dare you do

was his first time having dinner at the

residence, and

you know

red in anger as she whipped

her laughter. They were acting as though the

them to come to your aid?” Gwendolyn retorted, her tone laced with sarcasm. “Asher is my brother, and Sienna is

main source of support. Frustration and sadness welled up

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