The Ex and Her Riches
Chapter 349

Chapter 349

Chapter 349 Most Important Person In My Life

Charles froze, realizing the gravity of the situation.

The topic at hand was undeniably significant. As a man, he couldn’t afford to lose his ability.

The room fell into a tense silence once again.

Charles carefully pondered his options and finally spoke up. “How about this? Let’s both take a stepback While I cannot release Nico without consequences, I am willing to spare his life.”

Gwendolyn frowned as she responded sternly. “I want you to record yourself, swearing that you will notbring harm to Nico and that you will hand over the antidote after the wedding. Failure to do so will resultin your eternal damnation.”

“Okay, I will do as you say,” Charles replied, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Gwendolyn swiftly retrieved his phone from his pocket and opened the recording app.

With unwavering sincerity, Charles followed her instructions precisely, swearing with the utmostconviction.

Gwendolyn felt that Charles’ initial oath lacked sufficient weight. Hence, she added, “I want you toinclude a clause stating that if you break your word, Her Highness and Mr. Newton will suffer the samefate as you.”

Charles’ expression hardened. “Isn’t that going too far, Gwen?”

“How else can I ensure your commitment if I don’t push the boundaries? I know how much they meanto you, so I will only believe you if you swear on their behalf!”

Charles fell silent, his expression tense.

Blood trickled down his neck as Gwendolyn’s needle lightly grazed it, delivering a silent and menacingthreat.

Resigned, Charles flashed a faint smile and replied, “All right, I’ll do it.”

He then followed Gwendolyn’s instructions and swore with sincerity.

Gwendolyn saved the recording to her cloud and retracted the silver needle from her ring.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound filled the air.

Gwendolyn looked up to see that Charles’ guard had activated his stun gun. Both Jonah and Nico layunconscious on the ground, as Nico had been holding Jonah hostage.

“Charles!” Gwendolyn raged.

“Don’t get me wrong, Gwen. He attempted to steal, so as a consequence, I must temporarilyincarcerate him, or else I won’t be able to justify my actions to my mother. But rest assured that I willuphold my promise.”

The guard hauled the unconscious Nico away and retrieved the antidote from the icebox.

In the meantime, Charles had to change into fresh attire, as his clothes were stained with blood beforehe

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could return to the banquet hall. As for Gwendolyn, exhausted from the ordeal, the no longer had thestrength to continue attending the gala

Under the darkened sky, snowflakes began to descend once more, carried by chilling gusts of wind thatbrought about a noticeable drop in temperature.

Gwendolyn shivered, rubbing her arms for warmth. “Take me home. I need to rest,” the requested.

Charles wasted no time and immediately took off his suit jacket, wrapping it tightly around her to shieldher from the cold.

His bodyguard handed him an umbrella, which Charles held up to protect Gwendolyn from the falling

snow.

This time, Gwendolyn accepted the suit jacket, realizing that falling sick was a risk she couldn’t affordto take.

The most pressing matter at hand was to conserve her energy and devise a better pian before theupcoming wedding.

Charles remained silent as he observed Gwendolyn.

After escorting her back to the suburban condominium, he instructed his maid to attend to her dailyneeds and promptly inform him of any developments.

Sitting by the bed in his air-conditioned room, Charles watched as Gwendolyn lay with her back turned.breathing evenly to feign sleep.

Despite her fatigue, she couldn’t truly rest with Charles’ gaze fixed upon her.

For a while, Charles silently studied her side profile, contemplating whether to continue their discussionabout the matter of her unborn baby.

However, considering how exhausted she appeared, he couldn’t bring himself to broach the subject.

After much hesitation, he decided to allow her to rest and rose from his seat.

Closing the door behind him, he left the room and made his way straight to the dungeon.

He arrived at the dungeon effortlessly with Kylie’s prerogative writ.

The atmosphere within was gloomy and damp, the corridors dimly lit with flickering lanterns. As heventured deeper, the sound of whips cracking against flesh grew increasingly distinct, sending a chilldown. his spine and creating an eerie ambiance.

However, there were no cries of pleading or begging to be heard, despite the relentless beatings,lending an eerie quality to the monotonous sound of the whips.

The stench of blood permeated the air as the dungeon guard opened the door for Charles.

Stepping into the prison cell, he took in the wretched state of Nico.

Hanging from his arms with his feet dangling, Nico was battered and bloodied, teetering on the brink ofunconsciousness, yet he remained resolute in his silence.

Charles reached for the whip, and the executor bowed, handing it over with utmost respect.

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Firmly gripping the whip handle, Charles submerged it in a tank of salt water, washing away the stainsof blood that tainted its surface, turning the water a macabre shade of red.

“Nico, how many times have you beaten me on Cedrick’s behalf? How does it feel to receive payback?Are you satisfied with their service?”

Nico sneered through ragged breaths, “I’m enjoying this. Your men are so weak, just like you!”

Despite his deteriorating condition, resembling nothing more than a caged beast, Nico continued todisplay outrageous defiance in front of Charles.

A mixture of displeasure and anger contorted Charles’ face as he lifted the whip and struck Nico twice.

The saltwater coating the whip seeped into the fresh wounds, inflicting excruciating pain that wouldtypically elicit agonized screams.

Yet, Nico remained unyielding, resolute in his silence.

If it weren’t for the blood trickling from his mouth, Charles might have questioned whether hepossessed any semblance of pain receptors.

“What resilience! Just as expected of Cedrick’s long-serving lackey. But even the strongest have theirlimits when faced with relentless punishment. We have a long road ahead of us. Hot iron branding,embedded. nails, brutal beatings, sulfuric acid splashes…. We will employ each method, one by one,over the next seven days.”

Nico spat a mouthful of blood onto the ground and sneered. “You’re truly a beast! Repaying blow forblow, every strike I ever dealt you! How dutiful!”

Charles’ face darkened. He scooped up some salt water and splashed it onto Nico, washing awaymuch of the blood staining his shirt

Splash!

Nico’s body trembled, and his face grew pale

Charles glared at him coldly and said through gritted teeth. “Ive made a promise to Gwen to spare yourlife. So go ahead and maintain that arrogant attitude of yours. It will only fuel my desire to torture youeven more!”

Nico, sull recovering from the pain inflicted by the salt water, steadied his breathing, lowered his gaze,and remained silent.

Charles noticed Nico’s attempt to appear tough and continued. “I can’t fathom what makes Cedrick sospecial that all of you are willing to sacrifice yourselves to save him.”

Nico sneered. “Of course, you wouldn’t understand. You’re not even worthy of a single strand of hishair. Ms Gwendolyn would never have any interest in someone like you, ever.”

Charles anger surged and he lunged forward, grabbing Nico by the hair. He shouted at him with all hismight “Why wouldn’t she like me? Why? I love her more than anything”

Nico looked at him with disdain and retorted. “If you truly loved her you wouldn’t have hurt her. Do youeven realize the harm abortion causes to a woman’s body You claim to love her yet you disregard herwell being in the end your obsession with her stems from your inability to have her