The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

The Newton siblings had been waiting in the dining room at the Newton residence for Whitney for a long while.

Yet, she still hadn’t returned for dinner.

Jasmine lightly furrowed her eyebrows. “Did you not pick up Whitney today, Charles? Why hasn’t she come back?”

Charles’ countenance turned grim. “I had something to take care of today, so I returned home ahead of time.”

“That’s where you’re wrong. What could be more important than picking up your wife from work?” Lucas was dissatisfied with Charles’ answer.

Jasmine added, “It hasn’t been long since Whitney joined the Newton family, Charles. She isn’t familiar with this area. Maybe she got lost while trying to come back?”

Charles stared at his watch with a grave expression and said nothing.

The siblings waited for another twenty minutes.

Seeing that Whitney still hadn’t returned and the sky was turning dark, Jasmine panicked. “You have crossed the line this time, Charles. You didn’t pick up your wife from work, and she still isn’t back home yet. The food is getting cold, yet you don’t seem to be worried at all.”

Once again, Charles looked at his watch quietly.

Jasmine took out her phone and called Whitney. “Charles, her phone is off. I can’t reach her. Did something happen to her?”

After glancing at the sky outside, Lucas said, “It’s getting dark pretty fast today. Looks like it’s about to rain. If it does, Whitney will have an even harder time returning home.”

Unable to sit still any longer, Charles rose to his feet and strode out of the dining room.

Immediately, Jasmine followed him, wanting to search for Whitney with him.

However, Lucas stopped her. “Don’t go and make things worse. It looks like they’ve had an argument. Let them deal with it themselves.”

True. Jasmine sat back down and stared at the rain outside the window worriedly.

The rain was getting heavier by the minute, and the sky was dark.

umbrella, Charles set off from the Newton residence

his bodyguards with him. He only had his

figure would appear in his sight,

Whitney today, I’ll have to call the

looked at his watch, unknowingly

minutes. Unfortunately,

going

pulled out his phone and called

can that be?

that happened before

her and told her you wouldn’t be picking her up. Then,

floor, she either took a taxi or bus home. Given her financial situation, she would most likely take the bus. How stupid! Charles was irritated. Why did she have to take the

she took immediately! I want to know the

said Isaac before he went to carry

Charles

connected to the subway

Whitney will end up at the subway station around three kilometers away from the Newton residence regardless of which

back to the garage and slowly drove along

wipers annoyed him as

sight of a thin

was too dark, so he couldn’t see who it was. He could only approach

out of battery, and she was unfamiliar with the streets as she had always been driven

slippery, and the sky

completely lost and hungry after walking too much. Feeling tired, she opted to rest

her countenance,

she had still hoped to see Charles picking her up with his car. However, he wasn’t in any

over time until

rested on the side of the road, she was drenched by the rain. Her wet hair

like an abandoned

so hungry that she was getting a little fuzzy. It was then she heard the approaching car parked not too far from