The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

The VIP level of Grand Valley Hospital experienced an unprecedented silence at midnight.

In the dimly lit ward, the lights flickered and abruptly went out, enveloping the area in darkness.

A momentary chaos ensued on the floor, but soon after, the power was restored.

In response, a group of nurses hurriedly rushed to the VIP level and entered various wards.

The police officer standing watch outside Benedict’s ward was just about to end his shift. The unusual commotion raised his interest, and he asked an approaching nurse, “What’s going on? Why do you need to enter the ward at this time?”

The young nurse explained anxiously, “Didn’t you notice the power outage earlier? Please let me in. I need to re-calibrate all the equipment in the ward. It’s urgent! It could put the patient’s life at risk.”

The police officer acquiesced to her request considering the urgency of the situation.

There were no visitors in the ward. The nurse closed the door and identified her target, ignoring the beeping of the malfunctioning monitoring equipment.

She dashed to the crib and grabbed the baby, still swaddled in his blankets. At the window, she hesitated briefly instead of escaping.

Her assessing gaze roved across the ward. Why is everything different from my earlier rehearsal? No one is keeping watch. This is happening far too smoothly.

Just then, alarm bells rang throughout the hospital, followed by an announcement, “There’s a thief in the hospital! Someone is taking advantage of the chaos after the power outage to commit a robbery. All staff, please be on alert!”

All the lights came on, leaving the nurse no time to think.

She hurriedly jumped out of the window and darted into a nearby alley with her young hostage.

Someone was already waiting for her in the alley. Thus, she dashed into a waiting car and made a quick escape.

Sometime later, the men waiting at the secluded villa heard some noise from the front door and stood up expectantly.

Quintrell, who still wore his sunglasses despite the late hour, smiled and asked, “Do you have the baby?”

The nurse, who was actually his subordinate in disguise, nodded and handed the baby over.

“Not bad. Mr. Kron, you didn’t believe me when I told you, you were wasting half your money on your subordinates. You still need my people to finish the last step.”

As he spoke, Quintrell carefully cradled the baby and smiled tenderly. “Darling baby, do you know how worried your dad must be right now? I would pay a million to see his expression right now.”

As soon as he spoke, his smile froze in place the moment he lifted the blankets.

Quintrell’s gaze burned with fury in a matter of seconds. He raised his leg and kicked his subordinate, demanding, “What is this? Were you carrying out your mission like some brainless robot?”

fell to the ground. She had been expecting some praise for her work and instead seemed horrified. “I-I didn’t make

a good look at what you’ve brought

the ground and out rolled a fake baby

her earlier returned. It was a

to confirm this earlier. They did see that Newton fellow move the baby to

“Excuses!”

lowered. She

her anguished pleas fell on deaf ears as

with the bangle on his hand. He finally spoke up for the first time that night. “I said it before. My men are only responsible for creating an opportunity for your men to infiltrate. What happens after is none of my

expression, his tone betrayed his expectations that the kidnapping

your men also fell for his tricks? I wonder if you’d get to keep your head

“Hmph, why should we be scared? We still have

lovely Mrs. Jenson must still be waiting in the basement.

stopped him and said coldly, “Quintrell, let me remind you that Mr. Kron was the one who kidnapped Mrs. Jenson. She has nothing to do with you. Don’t try to

the hornet’s nest. If we don’t make use of Mrs. Jenson now, you’ll lose

head and warned, “I’m sorry, but I’ve lost complete faith in you after this failure. If you still desire a partnership, you’ll need to invite Mr. Wendell

Quintrell knew that his humiliating failure would be difficult to forgive

nodded in agreement after a

“Fine.”

dialed Hamish’s number, and the line connected quickly. Subsequently, a brash, masculine voice drifted

Cedrick

dutifully dialed Cedrick’s number and put the

voice rang out.

been tossing and turning in your sleep since your

“Let her go. We can talk about

your wife, aren’t you, Mr. Jenson? Would you like her arm or her leg? Why don’t I send one of them over

boasting and that Gwendolyn was safe, Cedrick was still infuriated

him to pieces once

his act until they had truly reeled Hamish

part of a worried husband, he asked, “What do you

are worth hundreds of billions, but I’m only asking for thirty billion. Oh, and resign from your post in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“We’ll meet in person to verify the terms of this deal. See you

he added, “Otherwise, Gwendolyn will be losing more than just

phone call

were the only audible sounds

their fists together. “Boss, that snake is finally showing himself. We’ll make

himself in relief. Fishing out the mastermind behind the milk powder contamination case lifted

it sound so easy. We need thirty billion in cold hard cash tomorrow. Are