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.”

struggled to open his eyes. He was still so weak that he couldn’t sit

While I survived last night’s ordeal,

intention of leaving the bed. Thus, they carried him downstairs

bodyguards took

second floor, so he arrived at

bodyguards then dragged him to the pebbled path in the garden and forced him to

had to force him. to sit straight “Mr. Craig said that if you’re willing to admit your wrongdoing and tell him

fists, Charles took a deep breath and straightened his back

after waking up and dressing up was visit Charles’ room to

wide open, and no one was

in a panic, “Where’s Charles? Where did

in the garden,”

Jasmine bolted downstairs. Just as she exited the building, she saw Charles’

Ms. Jasmine. Mr. Charles losing the key and the item

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

mentioned that Mr. Charles will have to kneel in 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

She didn’t expect Craig to be that merciless. “It’s not even confirmed that Charles is the culprit! How can Craig do this? Charles was so badly injured yesterday.

help Mr. Charles, you should convince him to speak the truth as soon as possible, Ms.

his sentence, he

was affixed

dropped to the ground. The bodyguard next to him immediately splashed cold water onto his

by the two bodyguards again 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

few moments of internal debate, she returned to

moment, Gwendolyn was

just drunk a

before he

in deep slumber, which was why