The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Half an hour later, Gwendolyn and Cedrick returned to the Harris residence at Mount Tranquil together.

Kieran and Treyton still had not arrived, while Sienna was pacing back and forth before the door as if she’d been waiting for them.

She hurried toward them the moment they stepped out of the car. “You’re finally here, Gwen.”

Gwendolyn noticed her swollen eyes and inquired calmly, “How’s Dad?”

Sienna shook her head. “Not good. The doctor says he’ll probably last around two days at most. But we’ll have to wait for Kieran’s diagnosis when he’s back.”

“Okay.”

They strode into the mansion.

The door to Marcus’ bedroom was open, and a man was sitting before his bed.

Gwendolyn had not seen Asher for around seven to eight days.

He looked completely different from before.

He’d lost a lot of weight, and his skin was dull. Moreover, the stubble on his face gave him a weathered look, making him seem to have aged a decade, although only several days had passed.

Gwendolyn had no idea, nor was she interested in knowing what he’d gone through.

“Could you please excuse us? I wish to talk to Dad and don’t want to see you here.”

Her voice was devoid of emotion, as if she were talking to a stranger.

Asher’s eyes were lowered as he departed the room in silence.

Despite his efforts to appear normal, Gwendolyn astutely observed a slight limp in his gait as he walked by her.

Is it his knee?

“Are you sure you’ve been obediently reading scriptures at the ancestral hall for the past few days?” She directed the question at Asher.

He froze and opened his mouth to speak up for himself.

Yet no sound came out from his lips as the words were trapped in his throat. As such, he left the room defeatedly without uttering a word.

hasn’t spoken for several days. He’s recently been hand-copying scriptures and has gone for an entire day without

listened silently and refused to comment on

wait for Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while you keep

“All right.”

gone. She rested his wrinkled hand

some time to speak privately with Dad as

excused himself,

look for Asher after exiting the

the banister while

on an act without Gwendolyn around, and it was evident

hall’s tiles were cold and hard. Therefore, his knees were swelling with pain after kneeling on the

before and voiced the possibility of him being diagnosed with rheumatism in

the stairs and quietly observed Asher, noting how challenging it was for him just to get down a level, so

deep breath and was about to take another step

everything you’ve done as atonement for your crimes

and met Cedrick’s

point

knew better than anyone what his sister’s temper, whom he’d cared for since

were bedridden, she would interpret anything he said as a ploy to fish for sympathy,

Cedrick’s hand to continue his journey down the

him. Instead, he uttered unexpectedly, “Gwenny wouldn’t believe you did all this even if she saw it with her own eyes. While Evelyn was the main culprit, you

all in wordlessly and resumed

stared at his back and shook his head

fruits throbbed in pain, reminding

to get it disinfected and covered it up with an

Treyton arrived hastily, one after

Marcus’ room and

the side and

half an hour, Kieran helped Gwendolyn

Cedrick were all seated on the couch in the hall,

“Kieran, how is it? Is there

his head while solemnly delivering the result of his check-up. “There’s still a blood clot in his skull that hasn’t been removed from the last time he took a fall. It has

of the hall was shrouded with

drain from

and wrapped her in his arms

and fell rapidly as she curled up in his

the sorrow she felt