The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 348 Neither Side Plays Fair

Gwendolyn tensed up the moment she heard that, but she was quick to regain her composure and asked, “You’re overthinking things. Why would I want to stall for time? How would I benefit from doing that?”

Naturally, Charles did not believe her one bit.

That was when he recalled what Gwendolyn had said to him while they were arguing earlier.

She asked me if I had kept my promise to stop lying to her. Now that I think about it, she was probably referring to the antidote….

With that in mind, he narrowed his eyes menacingly and asked, “You already know that I have the antidote, don’t you?”

Gwendolyn’s expression slid into a surprised frown when she heard that. “Why would the antidote be with you? You said you left it in the palace, right?”

Charles felt increasingly uneasy when he saw the look on her face.

He then grabbed his phone and tried to contact the guards he had assigned to Alzer Palace, but no one answered his call.

F*ck! Something is definitely up!

Charles quickly gave Jonah a call and yelled, “Return to Alzer Palace right this instant! Check the place thoroughly for intruders!”

After hanging up the phone, he stood up and was about to head out when Gwendolyn grabbed him by the sleeve. “Where are you going? We’re not done here!”

“We’ll discuss that baby of yours later!” Charles replied coldly as he brushed her hand away and left.

Oh, no! Charles is way too cautious!

With that in mind, Gwendolyn tightened her grip on the ring and ran after him.

Meanwhile, Nico had searched all over Alzer Palace, but the antidote was nowhere to be found.

Hmm… The palace is the safest place to hide the antidote. Where else would Charles possibly keep it? It may be a tiny dose, but it still needs to be stored in a freezer. If he keeps it in an ice box, the temperature will increase over time as the ice melts, so he can’t possibly store it like that for over two weeks. In that case…

shifted his gaze toward the tiny kitchen in Alzer Palace

find a grey-colored ice box

was a syringe about ten

I’ve found the

excited, Nico quickly took his suit jacket off, wrapped it around the ice

he felt the icy-cold tip of a gun pressing against

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Neither Side Plays

was the sound of the gun

on the side with

his head as Jonah ordered, “Put that thing down and turn around with your

with Jonah’s orders, Nico held the ice box close to his chest and

on it.

you will not be able to leave this palace. You’re not going to

slowly turned around without putting the ice box

slightly surprised when he saw Nico’s face

you lied to me about being Christian! To think that I fell for it and let you stick around for so many days…” he

snorted in disdain. “That’s because

Charles’ face vanished instantly as an icy-cold expression

will we do with him, Mr. Lund?”

guns. They’re too loud. Bring him somewhere secluded and kill

really think these guys have what it takes to kill me?” Nico asked with a sneer. Charles

words had barely left his mouth when Jonah delivered the first strike,

quick that he

was unarmed and had to hold on to the ice box, so he wasn’t able to move freely. One of the guards managed to hit him in the back with the stun

body convulsed uncontrollably when the powerful electric current of the stun gun surged through his body. Jonah

as he stumbled forward. He placed his right palm on the ground to stop himself from falling, all

a capable fighter because you were trained by Cedrick himself. However,

conversation was interrupted when the sound of the violin from the event hall reached them. Charles was

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