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.

with her arms folded across her chest and a cold expression on her face.

Elven, William, Quinton, and Ryan, stood neatly behind the couch with equally

came downstairs. He knew that

walked over with heavy steps and stood in

and met his gaze, but she didn’t say a word.

coffee sugar on the table. “Mr. Wright, Ms. Shalders asked you

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of coffee sugar containing the ecstasy in your room. How

tray and served it to you. I won’t deny that, but I

slightly, and her eyes were full of sarcasm.

does he intend to persuade me

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 next day

would

he was at a loss

.

you have

after I drank it by mistake. Can you honestly say you had nothing to do with it? Honestly, if this one-year agreement is too hard for you to bear, I

stern. “However, you just had to resort to such despicable tactics. Then you’ll have to forgive me, but Fabsolutely despise deception!”

he smiled miserably. “What do you want me to do?”

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

down at the coffee sugar packets on

accomplice or that you’ve been deceived and used by Frida. In that case, I’ll let

dripping

and tried to search for any other emotions in her eyes.

there was none.

enough. Isn’t it my fault that

laughed self-deprecatingly, walked over to the coffee table, and picked up the

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coffee sugar apart under the watchful eyes of everyone present and poured them into the cup of warm water. He gave it a good stir, tilted his head back,

his face turned pale when he

on the black market and renowned for its powerful effects. Yet he drank the whole packet.