The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

She turned around and headed deeper into the villa, leaving Cedrick to handle the guests.

When Cedrick saw the censure in her eyes, his heart clenched slightly. He temporarily left the party to Nico to follow her into the villa.

Two exquisite and adorable cribs were set up in the nursery on the third floor. One was pink, while the other was blue.

Gwendolyn closed the distance and saw the pink crib was empty. Zendaya was nowhere in sight, and Zoey was gone too.

Only Benedict was lying quietly in the blue crib.

Gwendolyn gasped in shock as a sense of uneasiness rose within her.

She whirled around to go in search but ran into Cedrick, who was behind her. Fisting his collar, she interrogated, “Cedrick, where’s Zendy?”

Cedrick was stunned by her question. “She had just fallen asleep when I left the room earlier. Calm down, Gwenny.”

The rim of her eyes turned red as her grip on his collar tightened. With a fierce glare, she threatened, “Cedrick Jenson, you’re as good as dead if my baby went missing because of you!”

All the blood drained from his face as the gravity of the situation dawned upon him.

It had been so long since she looked at me with such a fierce expression.

While he was rooted in place from the shock, Gwendolyn released his collar and raced out of the room. He hurriedly followed after her.

She searched every bedroom on the same floor, the bathroom, and the kitchen but still couldn’t find Zoey.

The anxiety within her grew as she rushed out of the villa and ran into Elven and Ezra. She then ordered them to keep an eye on the front and back doors and to momentarily stop anyone from leaving the house.

Her heart and body shook like a leaf from the horrible thoughts flashing across her mind. At that moment, she had the urge to run upstage and snatch the microphone to threaten those with bad intentions.

Cedrick immediately grabbed her wrist, stopping her from acting on her whims.

“Calm down, Gwenny! Don’t announce it to the audience yet, and let me handle this.”

her amid the chaos! Kidnapping

still stepped in front of her to stop her. “Gwenny, you’re too sensitive about this that you’re running around the whole place like a headless chicken. Acting mindlessly with a panicked mindset isn’t going to get you any closer to finding her. Trust me

silent, and Cedrick

continue entertaining the guests in the garden as though nothing had happened. Then, he asked Elven if

had Neville and Swain discreetly search the grounds of Harrick Villa for the missing

found Zoey holding Zendaya

and Cedrick instantly rushed

their faces, Zoey was confused. “Mr. and Mrs. Jenson, did something happen? Why do you look

stepped up to interrogate Zoey, but Cedrick stopped

a calm tone, he asked, “Why did you bring the

I was worried she would wake Benny up, so I brought her here to the quiet backyard to look at the colorful lights, hoping

it was indeed a soundly asleep Zendaya by the silver bracelet on the baby’s wrist. The accessory was a gift from her with

that moment, Gwendolyn’s unease

slightly and consoled her, “I told you. You

that night, Cedrick and Gwendolyn had assigned security guards to stand guard at the front and back doors. They had done

Gwendolyn was still paranoid about the babies’ safety and insisted on having two guards watching the exits. She could only feel at ease when the

acting way too

and went up to Zoey, reaching for Zendaya without saying anything to him. After that, she

as he watched

is mad. I hope she won’t chase me out of

middle of the night, and the bustling baby shower had

Harrick Villa was silent, giving others an image as if everything

bedside lamp on the third-floor bedroom was

sweat dotting his forehead. His body

was mad, though thankfully, she didn’t chase him out of the

tell him when he

being together for so long, the usual punishments were nothing more than jokes and pranks.

suffered kneeling on

to his bones.