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.

across her chest and a cold

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

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

in front

looked up coldly and met his gaze, but

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

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sugar containing the ecstasy in your room. How

Gwendolyn intently and explained, “It’s true that I placed the sugar packets in the coffee tray and served it to you. I won’t deny

curled slightly, and her eyes were full of sarcasm.

to persuade me with that?

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 next day you thought I was the one who did it. Did you give me a chance to explain then? Would believed me if

she would never recover

as he was

.

you have

first one to rush in 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 can give you a chance to compete fairly and allow you to reclaim Wright Construction Group and

you just had to resort to such despicable tactics. Then you’ll have to forgive me, but Fabsolutely

would turn out like this as he smiled

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 two will be

sugar packets on

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 sarcasm.

his gaze on her and tried to search for any other emotions

was

my fault that she

picked up the two packets of coffee sugar to examine

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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, and drank it

face turned pale when he realized that he had

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 still a fifty percent