The Ex and Her Riches

Half an hour? You refused to talk to me, and I kneeled for one hour!

Cedrick did not spell his thoughts but shook his head instead.

“You treated my hand but not my knees, so I thought I was not allowed to put anything on them.”

Afraid Gwendolyn might mistake him for trying to gain her sympathy, he quickly clarified, “I mean, I also worked out till too late last night and forgot about it.”

Little did he know, his meditation was overlooked by Gwendolyn, who was still bothered by Evelyn’s remarks in the day.

“Show me your hand. Is it still painful?”

Cedrick held out his left palm, which appeared red and swollen despite the medication.

“Did it get worse overnight?” the woman asked.

“I guess so. I suppose the pressure from the push–ups hindered the blood flow, causing it to swell. Don’t worry. It’s not that bad now.”

Gwendolyn knew it must have been painful when it happened.

In hindsight, she wondered how she could bring herself to do that to him back then. In fact, she felt so bad and defeated that tears started welling up in her eyes.

“I’m sorry. She’s right. I’ve been mean to you. I said I would treat you nicely, but I’ve only caused you pain,” she muttered.

Although Cedrick had no idea who Gwendolyn was talking about, he could sense that she was on the verge of breaking down.

With his right hand, he lifted her chin, only to see her beautiful eyes sparkling with tears.

Making her cry was the last thing he wanted to do–his initial intention was just to escape punishment.

“Come on. There’s no way I got hurt from what you did. I’m so much bigger than you. What’s wrong with spicing things up between us? It’s romantic,” he consoled as he caressed her face, feeling sorry that he had broken her heart.

“I know you’re just trying to make me

pulled her back so she

to know you care so much about me. I’ll gladly take whatev punishment from you, even if you intend to cripple my hands. You’ve always made me feel like I’ve ne been this loved in my entire life. I’ll do anything so you can forgive me. You might not know this,

you love

out the answer. What Evelyn said kept replaying in his mind as

thought of it disconcerted

would blot out the last

called him back,

still love you, no matter

the drawer yesterday night, hoping it would help with the

dumb–like really dumb,” she muttered,

he watched her tend to his injury with great care, even blowing tenderly on his hand to help

still angry about what happened at the

happening again,” she

smiled and carried her up from

“W–What are you doing?”

we can proceed

you bringing me? We’re

spacious!” A mischievous smile broke out on his

“Wait!”

What is it again?” Cedrick asked, stopping when he had just gone out of

at him from his embrace and asked, “You shouldn’t use your left hand so much to allow it to recover. You can’t do anything with just one hand, so… why don’t we

can’t do anything with just one

as his brows stitched. “I can do at least three hundred push–ups singlehandedly without even panting.

“What? Mmm!”

had shut her up with

night went on deep as the lovebirds

Treyton was already disembarking a plane

arrived, he drove back to the Harris

thought there was no need to keep a house full of servants, but Leif would still get someone to clean the outside compound of the house occasionally, so the residence still

arrived, he went upstairs to

realize something unusual in his room but went on to turn off the lights