The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

As the rain continued to pour, the small fleet of technicals sped down the highway.

Cedrick gripped his phone nervously, still trying to get through to Gwendolyn’s phone.

Out of service… Argh! Why is the phone still out of service?

Swain showed Cedrick a screenshot of the GPS location, and the latter couldn’t stop staring at the red dot on the map, wishing he could see his wife soon.

“Boss…” Swain uttered while driving, only to stop when he caught of glimpse of Cedrick through the rearview mirror.

“Speak.”

“Throughout the first half of the night, Mrs. Jenson’s phone only went online in that one instance. Don’t you think that’s pretty fishy? I doubt we can find any clues when we reach Xanthon Highway…”

Cedrick pursed his lips in thought, and it wasn’t difficult to tell from his clenched jaw that he was suppressing his anxiety.

“Stop spouting nonsense. Contact Xanthon’s border patrol immediately. They can reach Xanthon Highway in a little over ten minutes, so have them seal off the entire road. No one, not even a bird, can leave the area.”

“Understood.”

Swain kept a hand on the steering wheel while skillfully tapping his Bluetooth headset with the other to contact the border patrol and relay Cedrick’s orders.

Frustratingly enough, the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping.

As the fleet of vehicles neared Xanthon Highway, Cedrick glanced at the darkness outside the window and discreetly smelled himself.

“Swain, is the cigarette smell on me obvious?”

Swain shook his head. “You’ve stumped me, Boss. I’m used to it since I’m also a smoker. But… I suppose there isn’t much difference from how you smelled in the day.”

Cedrick rolled his eyes. Ugh. Why did I even bother asking him?

The technical was large, and apart from the cache of weapons, there was also a stash of emergency supplies.

Cedrick opened a box and dug out a set of military fatigues. After turning off the light in the car, he quickly changed into

and despite the dim lighting, he could still catch glimpses of

fair skin. No wonder his wife loves

of a sudden, Cedrick’s deep, husky voice rang out. “Have you seen enough? Do

All he could think of was to look for his wife,

of his wits, Swain quickly sat upright, retracted his gaze, and concentrated

than five minutes later, Cedrick had changed his outfit and began

the car’s dim interior, one could tell his

is of finding her tonight, I must still look my best for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few hours, yet it feels like we’ve been apart for centuries… The kids are already five, but in all these years, I don’t think I’ve

suppress his fear and trepidation for the rest of the journey, and after an hour, the five technicals finally stopped

police officers had also stationed themselves at the

with a black umbrella and opened the door for Cedrick, taking

the vehicle and made a beeline

police chief of this area. It must be hard for

been hard on you guys, too. How’s the roadblock coming along? How many vehicles have

get many cars on the highway. In the past hour, only two

Cedrick replied before another thought popped up. “Is the traffic surveillance footage in

The footage is complete. No

up the traffic footage from a few hours back

“Understood.”

the officer behind Kyro pushed the roadblock

car, but before closing the door, he stared

“Get in.”

his umbrella and shook off the excess water. Then, he hopped into

cruised down the road and headed toward the standalone surveillance room in the middle of

of the drivers and immediately handed the tablet to Cedrick. “Please take a look, Mr. Jenson. This is the information on the two cars pulled over earlier. I don’t think

tablet and skimmed through the details. Hmm… Kyro’s right. There doesn’t seem to be anything

bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth

Swain was rendered speechless. Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in my laughter could

Cedrick’s voice broke the silence. “There’s only so many