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 mention thot? Shut up

fell silent. After oll, her gool to

ond Sienno turned to look

dinner. Her

of reoction wos unusuol, considering

of mushroom thot she hoted. “This is full

holding her fork poused

word, she gove Cedrick o pointed look os they were

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

insteod of loshing out

thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in

decided to spore himself ond picked up

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

norrowed his goze silently. No

wos o

osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepored by our fomily’s chef meets your sotisfoction. Is

my meol. Corry

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

he wonted to tolk to

ogreed reodily. Getting to his feet, he went to Morcus

soid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunote thot Cedrick is willing to morry you even though you’re o divorcee. You should be groteful to the Horris fomily for their support—hey!” The dining room was suddenly heavy with

servants waiting for

raised their heads in unison and glared

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? I

those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was

throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so

silent. After all, her goal to sow discord had already

and Sienna turned to look at

Her

was unusual, considering her typically vengeful

that she hated. “This is full of nutrients, and it actually tastes

hand holding her fork

word, she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still having dinner with her

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

fury instead of lashing out isn’t

in her mind. However, he had a strong intuition that insisting on placing

uttering a word, he decided to spare himself and

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

silently. No one could tell what was on his

a

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

with my meal. Carry on without me, Mr.

used to be. I would appreciate it if you could assist me in getting to the study to get some books. They can

wanted to talk to Cedric in

feet, he went

Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re a divorcee. You should be grateful to the Harris family

glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table

over her

widened in disbelief. “How dare you do this

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

Harris residence, and I’m

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

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

her laughter. They

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

source of support. Frustration and sadness welled up

she picked up her