The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 621 David Broke Down In Tears

After chatting with Gwendolyn, Cedrick went to the interrogation room.

Neville had been waiting at the door for a while.

The door to the interrogation room opened, revealing a spacious room with a table in the middle.

David sat there obediently, not even pulling on a cigarette.

Seeing Cedrick enter, David immediately tried to stand up but was held down by two police officers of both sides and made to sit back down. “Cedrick, I was on a business trip. Why did you suddenly call me back?”

Cedrick fixated his dark, piercing gaze on David in silence.

A series of dull thuds sounded as he strode in wearing his military boots.

He walked to a table several meters opposite David and sat down. Only then did he start to speak. “Uncle David, if you were on a business trip, why were you living so pathetically, staying in an ordinary motel and eating cheap food? You were obviously avoiding me.”

His deep and composed voice didn’t reveal a hint of his emotions, but his overwhelming presence was oppressive.

David’s countenance stiffened slightly before he swiftly forced an amicable smile. “What are you talking about? Why would I hide from you? I was on a business trip to Livingsfill and unexpectedly lost my ID and wallet, so I borrowed some money from an old friend and had to economize.”

Cedrick wasn’t interested in listening to him beat around the bush, so he glanced at Neville.

Neville fathomed his boss’ intention and bowed respectfully. Before leaving, he instructed the police officers to secure David’s hands to the handcuffs on the interrogation table. Then, he led the other officers out of the room.

After the heavy door of the spacious interrogation room was closed, only Cedrick and David were left alone inside.

Cedrick got up and moved to the table in front of David. He narrowed his pensive gaze, laced with covert fury, while scrutinizing his uncle.

was taken aback by Gedrick’s threatening

so long and because they had never been at odds, Cedrick had always been friendly to David and his family, never making things difficult or treating them harshly. At

took over the Jenson family, David’s family had been living more comfortably than

“Cedrick, you—”

David could ask, Cedrick cut to the chase. “Uncle David, I’ve figured out pretty much the whole truth about my parents’ car accident. Are you still going to keep me in

weakly like a deflated balloon. “You already know…

resignation. “Since you deliberately sent someone to capture me at Livingsfill, I suppose

accident, were you the one sitting in the driver’s seat?”

David nodded. “Yes,”

head, and began defending himself, “That day, Yael and I attended a social gathering, and we both drank a lot. I wanted to call a driver,

said expressionlessly. “Go on.”

staring at me. I did indeed drink a considerable amount of alcohol that day, so much so that I was in a daze. After being forced to sober up, 1 was taken by my dad to the ancestral hall and severely beaten. Yael insisted that I was

about this matter many times afterward, and I’m sure it wasn’t my imagination. Yael

you didn’t do anything wrong, why were you so guilty that you escaped to Livingsfill to hide? And why didn’t you explain the situation to Grandpa? Even if you didn’t say anything then,

helped conceal it for many years. How

matter?”

time, Dad helped to contain the situation and reminded Yael and me not to mention it again. Zack was Dad’s favorite son. Dad was brokenhearted for a long while because of his death, so I felt it wasn’t

sentence, Cedrick snorted. “You’re finally being honest,

the air inside the

in his emotions, he looked up at his nephew and continued to explain, “When I saw Dad was raising you personally, I thought it was a blessing for you. After all, Yael was the most powerful among my generation in the Jenson family at that time. If I divulged the truth, and members of the family forced Dad to name you as his successor to compensate for your parents’ misfortune, it would be detrimental to you. You were only two or three years old then, utterly incapable of contending with Yael.

throughout the years. I didn’t dare to remarry because I feared it would

end of his speech, David’s eyes reddened, and his voice choked with emotions.

was afraid that Cedrick would discover the truth about the past and

competent nor had the ability to

in peace, content with enjoying his retirement life and his