Wooing My Ex-Wife by Mr. Adeel

Chapter 126 The Mastermind

It seemed that Maverick was worn out from last night, as he was sleeping soundly now.

Gwendolyn stared at him for a moment.

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She saw the faint traces of a slap mark on his left cheek, accompanied by slight swelling and the uncleaned. bloodstain at the corner of his mouth. He appeared quite miserable, not much better off than her.

Although she had exhausted all her strength last night and couldn’t remember what had happened. afterward, judging from the current situation, she supposed Maverick did not do anything to her.

Gwendolyn pursed her lips and suddenly tasted a hint of sweetness in her mouth. Is this the taste of glucose? He was the one who drugged my coffee, but now he’s pretending to be a good guy?

Gwendolyn’s eyes had a bone-chilling coldness to them.

Is he putting on a show for me? I’ll wait and see what’s next!

She stepped out of the bathtub and tiptoed out of the bathroom without waking Maverick up

A sharp pain in his back jolted Maverick out of sleep.

He almost dislocated his arm from sleeping so soundly against the edge of the bathtub.

I was so busy helping Gwendolyn bring down her fever last night that I forgot to apply medicine to myself. To make matters worse, I accidentally bumped into the sharp corner of the bed, which probably aggravated the swelling on my back.

He sighed, propped himself up to sit, and suddenly realized that the person in the bathtub had disappeared.

When did she wake up?

Surprisingly, he had no idea at all. It appeared that the 023 special drug had significantly decreased his acuity.

He got up and walked over to the sink, where he looked in the mirror and wiped the trace of the blood from the corner of his mouth. Then, he went downstairs to find Gwendolyn.

The atmosphere in the living room was extremely tense.

on the couch with her arms folded across her chest and a cold

Ryan, stood neatly behind

the tension in the living room as soon as he came downstairs.

heavy steps and stood in front of Gwendolyn across the

met his gaze, but she didn’t say a

standing behind her, was the first to point at the two packets of coffee sugar on the table. “Mr. Wright, Ms. Shalders asked you to make her

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packet of coffee sugar containing the ecstasy

coffee tray and served it to you. I won’t deny that, but I had no prior knowledge of the

and her

does he intend to persuade me

his heart that she wouldn’t believe him, but he couldn’t help trying again. “I said I would never deceive or manipulate you again last night, and I meant it. Can you… just trust me this time?” Gwendolyn chuckled softly. “You entered my room late one night when Natasha drugged you, but the

knew that she would never recover from

he was

.

you have

had nothing

and stern. “However, you just had to resort to such

had guessed it would turn out like this as he smiled miserably. “What do you want

cup of warm water from the kitchen and placed it on the coffee table. “I know that Frida gave you the medicine pouch when you went to the Wright residence. Here are two packets of coffee sugar on the table that were taken from your room. One packet tested positive for ecstasy, while the other was found to contain real sugar. You get to decide which of you

frowned, looked down at the coffee sugar packets on

“If you can choose the sugar from this fifty-fifty chance, then I’ll believe that you’re just an accomplice or that you’ve been deceived and used by Frida. In that case, I’ll let you off the hook. Go ahead

were dripping with

on her and tried to

was none.

my fault that

picked up the two

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into the cup of warm water. He gave it a good stir, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.

Wright!” Elven trusted him, but his face turned pale when he realized that

she consumed half a cup of the drug-laced coffee last night. This is the infamous ecstasy sold on the black market and renowned for its powerful effects. Yet he drank the whole packet. Is he not afraid of death? Ms. Shalders only asked him to choose. Isn’t there