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.

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

refused to comment on

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

“All right.”

Sienna was gone. She rested his wrinkled hand against

like some time to speak privately with

and excused himself, shutting the door

look for Asher

holding onto the banister while

and it was evident that each step was excruciating at the snail’s pace at which he

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

given him a check-up the day before and voiced the possibility

observed Asher, noting how challenging it was for him just to get down a level, so much so that

deep breath and was about to take another step down when Cedrick held

hide everything you’ve done as

and

any point in her

knew better than anyone what his sister’s temper, whom

if he were bedridden, she would interpret anything he said as a ploy to

gaze and released Cedrick’s hand to continue his

While Evelyn was the main culprit, you were the one who hurt Gwendolyn the most. What you owe her is a sincere apology. Unfortunately, you have no

it all in wordlessly and resumed his

stared at his back and shook his head

his left hand from peeling fruits throbbed in pain,

get it disinfected and covered it up with

Treyton arrived hastily, one after the other two

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

at the side

an hour,

Cedrick were all seated on

“Kieran, how is it? Is there

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

hall was

energy drain from her and swayed on

and wrapped her in his

as she curled up in his arms. Her right

the sorrow she felt for the sake of her unborn