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 Newton residence to search for

or bring his bodyguards with him.

hoped Whitney’s familiar figure would appear in his sight, but

I can’t find Whitney today,

at his watch,

from the Newton residence for ten minutes. Unfortunately,

going

out his

was stunned. “Mrs. Newton hasn’t returned? How can that be? She left the

happened before she

told her you wouldn’t be picking her up. Then, I offered her a ride home, but she refused. The last time I saw her was

Given her financial situation, she would most likely take the bus. How stupid! Charles

to know the routes she’ll

went to carry out his

Charles received Isaac’s

connected to the subway Whitney had most likely

subway station around three kilometers away

back to the garage and slowly drove

wipers annoyed him as he

the sight of a thin figure sitting

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

as she had always been driven back to the Newton residence.

and the

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

headlight shone on her countenance, she hopelessly buried her head between

see Charles picking her up with

disappointment accumulated over time until she

Her wet

like an abandoned

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