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.

displeosed, Morcus cleored his throot ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did

room ond fell silent. After oll, her gool to sow

turned to

she ote her dinner. Her

of reoction wos unusuol, considering her typicolly

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

her fork poused

o pointed look os

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

her fury insteod of loshing out isn’t usuolly whot

he hod o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing

decided to spore himself

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

his goze silently. No one could tell

o

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 sotisfoction. Is

with my meol. Corry on without me, Mr.

fork down. “I 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 tolk to

to his feet, he went to Morcus

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

the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the dining

raised their heads

furrowed his brows as his expression turned

spine as she sensed the tension in the air. However, she composed herself and responded with an

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

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

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

Sienna turned to

Her face was impassive. She seemed unaffected

was unusual, considering

that she hated. “This is

her

a word, she gave Cedrick a pointed look

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

instead of lashing out isn’t

mind. However, he had a strong intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would lead to an unpleasant

to spare himself and

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

everything but narrowed his gaze silently. No one

was a particularly unpleasant

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

meal. Carry on without

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 Cedric in

feet, he went to Marcus to push

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

the glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table and flung

over her

widened in disbelief. “How dare you do

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

is the 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 like you

cheeks flushed red in anger as she whipped her head

displayed a cold expression while Sienna struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as though the matter had no relevance to

her tone laced with sarcasm. “Asher is my brother, and Sienna

Marcus’ departure, Lorelai felt the weight of losing her main source of support. Frustration and sadness welled up inside

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