The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

When the young woman heard Gwendolyn’s voice, she turned to look at her with a gentle smile on her breathtakingly beautiful face.

“It has been a while since we last met, Ms. Harris. It’s New Year’s Eve today. Are you and Mr. Jenson doing well?” she said.

“Of course. Ms. Evelyn, don’t you have anywhere to go during the holidays? Why are you not celebrating the occasion with your family? Who allowed you to come up to Mount Tranquil?” Gwendolyn replied.

“The guard at the foot of the mountain allowed me to come up. Please don’t misunderstand my intentions, Ms. Harris. My endorsement contract with Jenson Group’s Rossi Project is coming to an end, and I heard Mr. Jenson is here, so I came here in person to discuss the possibility of extending my contract with him.”

Gwendolyn narrowed her eyes in disbelief. “Ms. Evelyn, as a highly acclaimed actress who has received the Best Actress award several years in a row, you’re undoubtedly an A-lister. Why do you find it necessary to engage in business negotiations personally? Are your manager and company useless?”

“It isn’t easy to sign an endorsement contract with Jenson Group, after all. I’m afraid my manager and team cannot manage it. I don’t want to miss out on such a money-making opportunity, so naturally, I have to make the trip personally.”

Gwendolyn stared at her, refusing to buy her explanation.

If she came all the way to the Harris residence on Mount Tranquil just to talk to Cedrick, that means she’s quite well-informed, huh?

Evelyn’s eyes crinkled in a smile. Her gaze revealed a depth beyond her tender age of barely twenty, even though she was the same age as Summer.

Casting a sidelong glance at the villa, she asked, “Ms. Harris, you must be having a lively gathering with your family today. Do you mind inviting me inside?”

“It’s a family gathering, so I do mind.” Gwendolyn rejected her firmly, doing away with formalities.

“All right. It seems that you hold a deep grudge against me, Ms. Harris.” Evelyn did not seem flustered by her outright rejection, as she was still all smiles.

Refusing to entertain her further, Gwendolyn said directly, “It’s getting dark; I’ll ask a bodyguard to escort you to the foot of the mountain. Cedrick is busy, so I’m afraid he won’t be discussing the contract with you anytime soon. Goodbye.”

Inside the villa, Asher was worried about Gwendolyn being outside for a long time. He came out in search of her, but his eyes narrowed when he spotted Evelyn.

“Why are you here?” he asked.

Hearing Asher’s question, Gwendolyn looked over her shoulder and cast him a look of bewilderment. “Do you know her?”

Evelyn did not respond, and Asher remained composed.

“No, but I saw her face a few times on the television. Kiddo, you can’t stay in the cold for too long. Come on, let’s head in,” he urged.

Asher had come out with a fur-lined cape, which he draped over Gwendolyn before carefully wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

a bodyguard stationed at the gate, “Escort this young lady to the foot of the

he led Gwendolyn back into the

stood before the gate for

stared at Asher’s and Gwendolyn’s retreating

her hair, obscuring her

completely disappeared from her line of sight did she finally spin on her heels, allowing the bodyguard to escort her down the

kept an eye on Asher’s expression. She discovered he looked grim after meeting Evelyn, but she could not tell what was

seem

expressionlessly. “Rather than being concerned about that, why don’t you focus on Cedrick and

that Evelyn was not as

stopped pondering over the matter and hurried into

already placed the alcohol they had meticulously prepared

of Cedrick,

the liquid in the shot glasses. It was transparent and seemed to be

her brothers to know that Kieran would

I drink this? They look nice. Why don’t I try one for Cedrick?” she asked, looking at

“No!”

“You can’t!”

got to their feet in

Sienna took her

go to extremes. He impregnated you accidentally, and he did it before marrying you! Whatever happens later, he brought it upon

“But—”

Sienna patted

silently before the coffee table as he made

picked up the shot glass in the middle, which represented Asher, and raised it in

way. I hope you’ll be my

brow and fixed him with a

the alcohol in the shot glass, his Adam’s apple

of the shot glass

his mouth, making

as the scorching alcohol seared his throat, its fiery path piercing his stomach. He felt as if

he add wasabi to

between his brows as his cheeks turned pink. In the end, he clenched his fist and brought it to his mouth, coughing