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.

“Gwen, he lost his voice and hasn’t spoken for several days. He’s recently been

refused to comment

and

“All right.”

Marcus’ bed after Sienna was gone. She rested his wrinkled

I would like some time to speak privately with Dad as

inclined his head understandingly and excused himself,

look for Asher after exiting

banister

to put on an act without Gwendolyn around, and it was evident that each step was excruciating

his knees were swelling with pain after kneeling on

doctor had given him a check-up the day before and voiced the possibility of him being diagnosed with rheumatism in

challenging it was for him just to get down a level, so much so

about to take another step down when Cedrick

as atonement for your crimes from

turned back and met Cedrick’s

point

what his sister’s temper, whom he’d cared for since childhood, was

anything he said as a

hand to continue his journey down the

she 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 is

took it all in wordlessly and resumed

at his back and

fruits throbbed in pain, reminding him of

it disinfected

hastily, one after

room and conducted

side and offered

a nerve-wracking half an hour, Kieran

all seated on the

“Kieran, how is it? Is there

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 nervous system. He will be brain-dead soon. Even if

of the hall was shrouded with despair

drain from her and

wrapped her in his arms to offer

in his arms. Her right hand clung tightly to the fabric of his

sorrow she felt for the sake of her unborn