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.

an umbrella, Charles set off from

or bring his bodyguards with him. He only had his

journey, he hoped Whitney’s familiar figure would appear in his

today, I’ll have to call the

at his watch,

minutes. Unfortunately, he

going to

pulled out his phone and called

hasn’t returned? How can that be? She left the office not long after

happened before

you wouldn’t be picking her up. Then, I offered her a

take the bus. How stupid! Charles was irritated. Why did she have to take the bus when she could’ve arrived

immediately! I want to know the routes she’ll most likely

before he went to

later, Charles received Isaac’s

listed the three bus routes connected to the subway Whitney had

the subway station around three kilometers

garage and slowly drove along the street to the subway

of the wipers annoyed him as he searched for

driving for two kilometers, he caught the sight of a thin figure sitting on

it was. He could only approach the figure

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

road was slippery, and the sky was

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

countenance, she hopelessly buried

picking her up with his car. However, he wasn’t in any of

disappointment accumulated over time until she

was drenched by the rain. Her wet hair was stuck to her cheeks. Even her eyelashes

looked like an abandoned

a little fuzzy. It was then she heard the approaching car parked not too far from her. Then, the sound of hurried