The Ex and Her Riches

Nico had his back to Gwendolyn. He did not turn around immediately but surreptitiously exchanged a look with Cedrick.

Gwendolyn wore a blank expression and look entirely bewildered.

She had overheard the two men’s conversation from afar when she came upstairs after concluding her phone call. Due to the distance, however, she did not manage to make out everything, merely catching a somewhat unfamiliar keyword.

“Well?”

Receiving no response from either man, she alternated her gaze between them both.

Nico whirled around. Seeing that her expression seemed genuinely calm, he reckoned that she did not hear much and fibbed with a smile, “A suppressant is a type of drug found in laboratories. But Mr. Jenson and I were discussing a Federal Bureau of Investigation’s confidential mission just now, so I might not be able to disclose much to you, Ms. Gwendolyn.”

“Really?” Gwendolyn cast her gaze at Cedrick, tilting her head a fraction.

Cedrick nodded without any change in expression. “You want to know, Gwenny? If you really want to know, I don’t mind telling you.”

Gwendolyn pondered for a moment. “Never mind. Since it’s confidential, you’d best not tell me about it. I’m not that interested in knowing anyway.”

Nico and Cedrick furtively breathed a sigh of relief at that.

“I’ll leave you two to talk, then, Ms. Gwendolyn. Please excuse me.”

Gwendolyn dipped her head in acknowledgment. Once Nico left, she sat down on the edge of Cedrick’s bed and checked his chest wound. After two days, it had healed significantly.

In truth, she had not been mad at him for real for the past two days. She had merely used it as an excuse to sleep in a different room for fear that he would misbehave at night and employ everything in his arsenal to entice her into being intimate with him.

I can’t touch him to ensure that he recovers as soon as possible! But why are the hickeys on him still so distinct? How strange.

A frown marred her countenance. Unbidden, she swung her gaze at Cedrick, only to notice the shifty and peculiar look in his eyes.

“It’s been a few days. Why haven’t the hickeys on you faded at all? Did you pinch yourself for the effect?”

“Of course not! How could I possibly do such a strange thing? But it was the first time you initiated things. Isn’t it nice to have them as a token of remembrance?” Cedrick denied it to the bitter end.

brows furrowed, making it evident that

have a

musings, Cedrick stared at her with unfathomable

Your wound hasn’t healed completely, so it can’t come into contact with water. How about I have Nico come in to help

gave Gwendolyn an accusatory look. “You said you’re the only person who can see me unclothed henceforth. Yet, you want to have

forlorn expression!

her crystalline eyes that sparkled like stars. Her ruby-red lips curved into a seductive

about serving you, Ceddy. But before that, I

and his heart skipped a

time, I’ll help to wipe you down. Then, I don’t

brimming in his eyes,

then. I’m going to get

Get something?

felt that something was not

the adjacent bedroom

had her hands behind

bed and slowly straddled him, resting

unfastening the remaining buttons on his shirt patiently with

her cool fingers would inadvertently brush against his warm muscles every

him tremble violently. At the

exact same thing that happened at the hospital that day. Has she finally seen the light and decided to

bask in delight, he saw her whipping out a dark green jar she had hidden behind her back. As soon as she removed the lid, a faint aroma of medicine wafted

promptly

his puzzled gaze, Gwendolyn dug out a blob of dark brown salve with a finger. Rubbing it between her palms until it had melted and warmed, she gently applied it to

circulation and removing blood stasis, helping to speed up the fading of bruises. The marks on your body will disappear

She sounded exceedingly impish.

limpid eyes emanated a determination to destroy the evidence

about the bountiful achievement I left due to

Cedrick was rendered speechless.

really shouldn’t have had high

eyes, and her curiosity was piqued. “Why aren’t you happy, Ceddy? Do you not

is my first time

deeply, Cedrick clenched his jaw and hissed through gritted teeth,

into the massage with the techniques she had learned from the internet