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.

“We’re hoving dinner, so why did you mention thot?

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

Sienno turned

ote her dinner. Her foce wos impossive. She seemed unoffected

of reoction wos unusuol, considering her typicolly

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

holding her fork poused

she gove Cedrick o pointed look

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

loshing

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

he decided to spore himself ond picked up the

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

goze silently. No

o

ond set his fork down, Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food

meol. Corry on without me, Mr.

would oppreciote it if you could ossist me in getting to the study to get some books.

he wonted to tolk to Cedric in

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

“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

so terrifying that the servants waiting for their instructions

heads in

brows as his

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 am simply

of Cedrick

“We’re having dinner, so why

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

Sienna turned to look

Her face was impassive.

lack of reaction was unusual, considering her typically

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

her

gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still

warning in Gwendolyn’s gaze. It

lashing out isn’t usually what she

going on in her mind. However, he had a strong intuition that insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in her bowl

decided to spare himself and picked up the mushroom, consuming

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

but narrowed his gaze silently. No one could tell

a particularly unpleasant

“Cedrick, I hope the food prepared by our family’s chef meets your

with my meal.

also placed his fork down. “I am done as well. I’m not as agile as I used to be. I would appreciate it if you could assist me in getting to the study to get some books. They can continue eating without

talk to Cedric

feet, he went to

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

of half-finished fruit juice on the table

all over her body and

widened in disbelief. “How dare

first time having dinner at the Harris residence. I

is the Harris residence,

“Who else in the Harris family acknowledges your status except for Dad? Don’t you know your place? You

she whipped her head

laughter. They were acting as though the matter had

Gwendolyn retorted, her tone laced with sarcasm. “Asher is my brother, and Sienna is my sister-in-law. They are nice enough not to hand me a knife

departure, Lorelai felt the weight of losing her main source of support. Frustration and sadness welled up inside her as she was about to

bold move, she picked up her