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.

set off from the

his car or bring his bodyguards with him.

he hoped Whitney’s familiar figure would

I can’t find Whitney today, I’ll have to call the

his watch,

minutes. Unfortunately, he still didn’t

going to

out his phone

“Mrs. Newton hasn’t returned? How can that

that happened before she left,”

so I approached her and told her you wouldn’t be picking her up. Then, I offered

left from the ground 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 routes she’ll most likely take

Isaac before he went to carry out

later, Charles received Isaac’s

routes connected to the

Whitney will end up at the subway station around three kilometers away from the Newton residence regardless of which bus she took. In

the garage and slowly drove along the street

the wipers annoyed him as he searched for

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

dark, so he couldn’t see who it was.

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

was slippery, and the sky was

walking too much. Feeling tired, she opted to rest on the

on her countenance, she hopelessly

hoped to see Charles picking her up with

time until she eventually

side of the road, she was drenched by the rain. Her

looked like an abandoned

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