The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 491 New Interrogation

The Newton residence was the only one still buzzing with activity deep into the night.

Karl had asked for a doctor from the A&E department to come.

Charles body was covered in blood, and he seemed severely injured. However, he was whipped by a cane, so his injuries were only external, not internal

Methodically, the doctor cleaned the bloodstains with saline water before applying medicine to the wounds. He then bandaged grave wounds and inserted an anti-inflammatory pill into the mouth of the Charles.

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Even though Charles wasn’t fully conscious, he never said anything that would disadvantage his situation. After the treatment was done, the doctor left.

Jasmine sat next to his bed and sobbed “Why did you do that right after you returned here, Charles? Are you truly willing to toss away your life for Gwendolyn?”

While she wasn’t sure of the details, she did receive a general summary of the situation from Gwendolyn. Hence, she more or less guessed why Charles tried to steal Karl’s keys.

Charles was in so much pain that he couldn’t move from his bed. Weakly narrowing his eyes, he turned his sight toward the white curtain with pursed lips. Yes, I was willing to take the risk for Gwendolyn. However, she’s not the sole reason I’m doing this. There’s something new I want to try getting my hands on.

Meanwhile, Jasmine continued to weep as she watched him lost in his thoughts.

Too many things had happened in a relatively short period, which was why she had gotten gloomy and cried more times than in the past years combined.

“You should rest, Jasmine. I’m fine.” Charles looked pale and closed his eyes tiredly.

“Okay. You should sleep early, Charles. I’ll find a way to plead Craig for mercy on your behalf.” Upon finishing her sentence, Jasmine left the room.

The pain and exhaustion were so overwhelming that Charles fell asleep shortly after.

A few hours later, he was woken up by a bodyguard. “You should wake up. Mr. Charles. Mr. Craig is inviting you to the garden.”

his eyes. He was still so weak

survived last night’s ordeal, today’s new torture and interrogation have barely

woken up but had no intention of leaving the bed. Thus, they carried him downstairs

the bodyguards took

located on the second floor, so he arrived at the bottom floor

him to the pebbled path in the

“Mr. Craig said that

fists, Charles took a deep breath and straightened his back under the bodyguards

and dressing up was visit Charles’ room to check

open, and

stopped a passing-by housekeeper and asked in a panic, “Where’s Charles? Where

he’s in the garden,” replied the

exited the building, she saw Charles’ face looking pale and

blocked her path. “There’s no point in meeting with Mr. Craig, Ms. Jasmine. Mr. Charles losing the key and the item on the top floor isn’t a small

Charles, at a loss for what to do next. “What do I do, then?

the garden until the evening without receiving any food or water as long as he refuses to reveal the location of the stolen item. He’ll be punished in the ancestral hall again if he still doesn’t divulge that

confirmed that Charles is the culprit! How can Craig do this? Charles was so badly injured yesterday. There’s

head, Karl sighed once more. “If you wish to help Mr. Charles, you should convince him to speak the truth as soon as possible, Ms. Jasmine. You should also persuade him

his sentence,

sight was affixed on Charles while

any longer and dropped to the ground. The bodyguard next

reawakened, he was lifted by the two bodyguards again and forced to

initial optimistic and pure worldview was on the verge of collapse. A military man’s torture methods are terrifying… I doubt I can convince Charles to spill the truth considering how

of internal debate, she returned to her room and texted

Gwendolyn was still

Cedrick woke up as if he had just drunk a can of energy drink and

few hours before he

was in deep slumber, which was why