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

his car or bring his bodyguards with him. He

journey, he hoped Whitney’s familiar figure

can’t find Whitney today, I’ll

looked at his

along the path away from the Newton residence for ten minutes.

isn’t going to

out his

can that be? She left the office not long

everything that happened before she left,” Charles

wouldn’t be picking her up. Then, I offered her a ride home, but she refused. The last time I saw her was when she left the building on the ground

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 bus when she could’ve arrived

want to know the routes she’ll

said Isaac before he went to

Charles received Isaac’s

connected to the subway Whitney had most likely taken to

the subway station around

garage and slowly drove along the street to the

wipers annoyed him as he searched

he caught the sight of a thin figure sitting on the side of

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

driven back to the Newton residence. She had never

slippery, and the

was completely lost and hungry after walking too much. Feeling tired, she opted to rest on the side of

countenance, she hopelessly buried

Charles picking her up with his car.

time until she eventually stopped expecting

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

looked like an abandoned

fuzzy. It was then she heard the approaching car parked not too