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.

folded across her chest

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

noticed the tension in the living room as soon as he came downstairs. He knew that what was -destined to happen would

stood in front

coldly and met his gaze, but she didn’t

packets of coffee sugar on the table. “Mr. Wright, Ms. Shalders asked you to make her coffee last night, and while

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found another packet of coffee sugar containing the ecstasy

“It’s true that I placed the sugar packets in the coffee tray and served it to you.

curled slightly, and her eyes were

to persuade me

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

she would never recover from

he

.

you have

in after I drank it by mistake. Can you honestly say you had nothing to do

you just had to resort to such despicable tactics. Then you’ll

out like this as he smiled miserably. “What do you want me

Quinton immediately brought a 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

looked down at the coffee sugar packets on the coffee

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

dripping

stood still as he fixed his gaze on her and tried

there was

my fault that she doesn’t trust me?

table, and picked up the two packets

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him, but his face turned pale when he realized that he

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