The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 352

Gwendolyn scowled at the abrupt manner she had been roused and turned to face the other side.

Jonah kept knocking, seemingly intent on hammering down her door if she did not answer it soon.

Irritated by the racket, Gwendolyn flung aside her quilt. She slipped on her slippers and donned a thick sleeping gown before answering the door.

“What does he want this time?” she demanded, glaring at Jonah with a look of irritated disgust.

“Mr. Lund isn’t messing around this time, Ms. Harris. He visited a bar this afternoon and spent the day drinking. He even sent us away. When I went back for him earlier tonight, I found him drunk as a skunk with your name on his lips. So, the only thing I could do was to bring him here to you.”

Gwendolyn was impassive. Cold, even. “Give him something to sober up, then, or get him a doctor who would give him a jab. What good will it do sending him to me? I’m not a doctor.”

She was about to shut the door after her speech, but Jonah threw himself against the frame. “Please see him. He would feel much better in your presence.”

Gwendolyn’s frostiness did not dissipate. “I’m under house arrest because of him. He wouldn’t let me out of this house. What if he sobers up tomorrow and accuses me of misbehaving? Wouldn’t that be unfair to me?”

“Uh…”

Jonah was conflicted. He gave the matter a moment of serious thought before suggesting, “Why don’t I bring him to your room?”

“No way! I can’t stand the stench of alcohol on him. You’d better get back to Alzer Palace.”

Jonah fell silent.

“Gwen. Gwen…”

Charles’ voice, slurred by booze and laced with melancholy, traveled up the stairs from the living room below.

Jonah was near tears. “Go down and have a look at him, Ms. Harris. I’ll explain everything to him for you tomorrow. You wouldn’t want him to be keeping you awake, I’m sure. I’m begging you!”

“Wake the maid,” she instructed. “Have

“At once.”

sprinted down the

pulled the thick, furry sleeping gown tighter around her and followed him down

were flushed with alcohol,

her nose with her sleeve, Gwendolyn sprayed some organic freshener to mask

prodded him in the knee several times with the sole of her slipper, trying to wake

you to spend the night. Get lost back to your Alzer Palace after having your

The haze of intoxication

of Gwendolyn’s voice and caught hold

her eyes, she snatched

“Let go!”

on firmly. He was brutishly

deep breath, feeling the fury coursing through her head at the thought of seeing Nico covered in blood from the torture that

left to wake the maid, Jonah had not

gave him two merciless slaps across

smacks, dealt in quick succession,

he loosen his grip on her shirt and

cheeks, tender with pain, while

“Gwen?”

you’re disrupting my sleep by turning up here in the middle of the night with a drunken tantrum? Now that you’re awake,

to hear

helpless despair. Coupled with the handprints on his cheeks, he looked as if he had emerged from

tears fall, yet she remained unmoved. “You can drop your act. Get out. You stink so badly that not even air freshener can mask

turned toward the stairs, but Charles grabbed her robe

years ago when I took you to the horse race on the steppes, Gwen? In the summer, I jumped into the pond and brought you lotuses. In

though she did

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255