The Ex and Her Riches

Gwendolyn’s tears turned into a stream. She could not stop them.

Clutching his hand, she screamed, “Don’t you dare die, Cedrick! I’m going to marry someone else if you die and make you regret it as long as you live!”

Cedrick’s bloody lips parted in a painful smile.

“T-That won’t do. You’re mine.”

Despite her tears, she managed a chuckle before turning to the two paramedics in the corner. “I’m here. Send him in, quickly.”

Cedrick would not let go of her hand. “Let me explain, Gwenny, please?”

“Be good and go through with the surgery. I’ll be out here. You can tell me everything when it’s over.”

Cedrick’s visage was paler than ever. It looked as though every drop of blood had been drained from him. It was plain he could not hold on much longer.

However, he stubbornly maintained his grip on her wrist—he wanted to get a good look at her. There was only a ten percent chance of survival if he went in, and he feared he might never regain consciousness.

Gwendolyn’s heart wrenched painfully. She forced herself to pry his fingers apart and watched him being wheeled into the emergency room.

The light came on, indicating that the surgery was underway. Gwendolyn sat outside and gazed blankly into space. The tears streaking her face had not yet dried.

It was her first time shedding tears in front of that many people, but she did not care. All she knew was that she did not want Cedrick to die.

She waited for three hours until nine that night, yet Cedrick still had not emerged.

Nico sent the squadron home. With a similarly grave expression, he sat on the bench across from Gwendolyn.

Then, as if he had considered something at length, he began, “You thought that Mr. Jenson had lied to you about the incident involving the abandoned warehouse six months ago. He was not. He did enter knowing full well he might die. If not for the rest of the boys making it there in time to rescue what’s left of him, he would have died in the fire.”

looked up slowly to

his defiance of the Jenson family

he skipped the part about the virus in Cedrick’s

the professor still had not discovered a complete cure for the virus within him, and it necessitated a trip to the laboratory every other

of any of

He’s a fool when it comes to love for he only knows how to give everything he has but would never tell you any of his pain. He was ashamed to reunite

head. Her heart was filled with guilt to the brim, and

blood every time shut her eyes. Worse still, something

worse shape during the incident at the

that from her. She blamed him for his deception and she even

pain as though it was stabbed. The intensity of it made her gasp

“I am sorry.”

from those three words, she could not offer anything else

is not what he needs. Just a little bit of love on your part will send him

you anything, Ms. Gwendolyn, but when he found out that you were grieving for six months because of him, he blamed himself. He had me procure a whip not because he wanted to

Jenson and asked to call off the engagement instead. Worse still, Old Mr. Jenson agreed to it.

Jenson and proposed for the engagement to be called off, but he did not agree. I was planning on doing something about

something did not add up, he quickly

later, the atmosphere at the entrance to the emergency room grew

was somebody sent by Mr.

well does

Cedrick had only been back

lips. Looking down, she did not

spell of silence, her gaze grew colder. “Do you know how

“Ms. Gwendolyn, are

dangerous glint in Gwendolyn’s

settle the score with

…

in the evening, and a muffled cascade was

and clad in a bathrobe, Xander was drying his hair as he emerged

the lights in his chandelier began flickering. The curtains, too, rustled from being whipped by the wind. A sense

something awry, he put