The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Though Gwendolyn’s mouth was stuffed and the blindfold was still over her eyes, she heard the report clearly.

She let out a small sigh of relief, although her heart skipped a beat at the thought of Benedict hiding in the ward’s closet.

Silently, she hoped that the guards Cedrick had sent would soon notice the unusual situation in the ward, retrieve Benedict from the closet, and ensure his safety.

As the van drove on, Gwendolyn tapped her fingers and calmly estimated the duration of the journey.

Throughout the journey, the men did not speak, displaying exceptional discipline and cohesion.

Gwendolyn could not help feeling even more curious about their employer.

After approximately forty minutes, the van stopped. The men removed the rag in Gwendolyn’s mouth and dragged her out of the vehicle.

Gwendolyn expressed her displeasure, reprimanding them in a low voice, “Show some respect to a lady. Haven’t you been taught to be gentle and considerate?”

The men were taken aback.

These days, it seems like the hostages are becoming more arrogant than the kidnappers themselves.

“Your fate is in our hands, you know. You should be more polite.”

Gwendolyn remained fearless, her voice calm yet icy. “You’ve taken me as a hostage to leverage something from Cedrick, and he will be furious if I suffer even the slightest harm. I believe you understand the consequences better than I do. You should treat a hostage like me with care, as you would handle fragile cargo. Do you understand?”

Although she was blindfolded and bound, stripped of her freedom, her commanding presence remained intact, leaving the men in suits astonished.

The men, being subordinates unaware of their employer’s intentions, decided it was safer to comply with Gwendolyn’s instructions and handle her with care.

“Let’s go, Ms. Harris.”

With the help of two men, Gwendolyn started forward. Though she could not see the route ahead, her hands, bound behind her back, were not idle.

Before coming here, she had grabbed a handful of Benedict’s milk powder.

ten meters or so, or when she turned a corner, she would slacken her grip ever

held on to the hope that Cedrick would bring a search dog to track her down once he discovered

treading upon bare earth when she felt its crumbly texture beneath her feet. Occasionally, the sound of snapping branches accompanied her steps, indicating

plan and what awaited

former received a call before

the cop he had assigned to stand guard at

something was wrong,

clear signs of a severe altercation in the ward. Mrs. Jenson is missing, and Mr. Benedict was found placed in a closet. He was crying

his attention was immediately caught

gleamed with a menacing intensity. “Review the surveillance footage

footage, and we should receive an update shortly. Furthermore, I’ve assigned two nurses to search the ladies’ room to determine if Mrs. Jenson is still within the

clenched as he forced himself

harm to befall her. It hasn’t been very long since she

the director that I will shut down this

broke into a baby’s ward to pick a fight in broad daylight. The commotion was anything but

a sterling reputation for having top-notch security. The occurrence of something like this indicated

get to the

to stay put and keep their

up, he ordered Swain, “I’m leaving the investigation of the milk powder incident to you. I’m

Boss. I will organize reinforcements from the

car keys from Swain, turned away from the building’s entrance, and got into

had not been idle on his way back to the hospital. Using

and trustworthy. After much deliberation, Cedrick decided to

sensed that something was amiss. “Isn’t Gwen supposed to be taking

wheel, Cedrick drove while wearing

silence, Charles asked at once, “Did something happen to Gwen?

for a moment before revealing the truth. “Gwen is missing. We are currently reviewing the surveillance footage, but if she has left the hospital,

finally spoke, his voice had turned grave. “Where

situation carefully. Soon, he arrived at the hospital and drove into the basement parking lot, his unease

his way up to the surveillance