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.

discreetly, “Gwen, he lost his voice and hasn’t spoken for several days. He’s recently been hand-copying scriptures and has

and refused to

at her remote expression. “I’ll wait for Kieran and Treyton at the entrance while

“All right.”

rested his wrinkled hand against her face

like some time to speak privately with Dad as

understandingly and excused

went straight to look for Asher

banister while making

act without Gwendolyn around, and it was evident that each step

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

voiced the possibility of

and quietly observed Asher, noting how challenging it was for him just

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

as atonement for your crimes

and

there any point

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

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

gaze and released Cedrick’s hand to continue

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

it all in wordlessly and resumed his

stared at his back and shook his

on his left hand from peeling fruits

to the housekeeper to get it disinfected and covered

and Treyton arrived hastily, one after the other

made a beeline to Marcus’ room

stood at the side and offered

half an hour, Kieran helped

Treyton, Sienna, and Cedrick were all seated on the couch in the

“Kieran, how is it? Is there

took a fall. It has now spread and is affecting his central nervous

hall was

drain from her and

her side and wrapped

curled up in his arms. Her

to repress the sorrow she felt for the