The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

All the deleted documents were gone.

Kieran wasn’t upset by it. He continued to translate the remaining three documents.

However, his typing speed had slowed down a lot.

Once again, silence ensued in the office. Nobody said anything more.

Time seemed to tick by faster when everyone was busy. In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.

Inez began to pack up her stuff to get off work. “Once you’re done organizing the translated documents, send them to me,” she said casually.

Kieran paused what he was doing and turned to look at her. “Aren’t you going to check them?”

“You’ve finished translating. What is there for me to check?”

Kieran lowered his gaze, finding it hard to speak. “I… I have two more documents left to be translated.”

Inez was stunned. She shot him a look and asked, “You had three documents left one hour ago. And now, there are still two left? What have you been doing for the past hour?”

Inez carefully recalled and didn’t remember seeing Kieran slacking off. He had indeed been focusing on his translation.

Kieran’s face stiffened slightly. He didn’t make any response.

Inez walked over suspiciously and took a look at his computer screen. Soon, she noticed something was amiss.

“I came by earlier and saw that you had translated these documents. Why are they gone? Are you trying to fool me?”

“I accidentally deleted them, so I had to translate them all over again,” Kieran explained calmly.

Inez stared at him in confusion. She immediately clicked the recycle bin on his computer, but it was empty.

“So you’re saying that you accidentally deleted them from the recycle bin too?” she teased.

Kieran fell silent.

“Even if you happened to delete the files for real, judging from your ability, you should be able to translate them again in no time. Do you think I’m easy to fool?” she went on.

lips. His

at lying, so he didn’t know what

your first day of work. Do you think I

Kieran clenched his fists. “In this office, you’re the CEO, and I’m

him, feeling a little taken

was the first time she had seen Kieran, who was

she seemed

than glad to help you complete your childhood

her desk and took out a sandalwood ruler

who had interned at the company.

the second son of the Harris

to be anything wrong with teaching her secretary a lesson

what she was

she walked toward Kieran with steady

been obedient since he was young and hadn’t caused any trouble. No one had used a ruler to hit him before, so he didn’t know how it

Inez had already walked up to him. “Please stretch out your left hand, Mr. Kieran,” she ordered

her and extended his hand

your fingers. Face your

of being beaten by a

Kieran followed her instructions.

spread his hand, Inez slapped his palm hard with the ruler. A stinging

line, he frowned in pain and stifled the urge

she observed the expression on his

and asked in a deep

palm

be the one to let you experience the feeling of getting hit

Kieran felt that

lot of first times—first time kissing, first

Inez was moved.

regained her composure and reprimanded him, “Go ahead and play tricks if you’re not afraid of being

“Okay.”

her brows.

“Yes, Ms. Mossey.”