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.

several days. He’s recently been

silently and refused to comment on

“I’ll wait for Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while you

“All right.”

gone. She rested his wrinkled hand against her

would like some time to speak privately

understandingly and excused himself, shutting the

went straight to look for Asher

onto the banister while making

it was evident that each step was excruciating

knees were swelling with pain after kneeling on the ground for

and voiced

was for him just to get

about to take another step down when Cedrick held

you’ve done as atonement for your

turned back and

any point in her

than anyone what his sister’s temper, whom he’d

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

gaze and released Cedrick’s hand to

saw it with her own eyes. While Evelyn was the main culprit, you were the one who hurt Gwendolyn the most. What you owe her

wordlessly and resumed

back and shook his head

on his left hand from peeling fruits throbbed in

to get it disinfected and

Treyton arrived hastily, one after the other

Marcus’ room and conducted a full-body check-up on

the side and offered assistance

nerve-wracking half an

were all seated on the couch in the hall, awaiting

“Kieran, how is it? Is

gaze and shook 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 now spread and is affecting his central

of the hall was shrouded with

the energy drain from her and swayed on

side and wrapped her in his arms to

chest rose and fell rapidly as she curled up in his arms. Her right hand clung tightly to the fabric

the sorrow she felt for the sake of her