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.

and replied, “I know you’re just trying

of that, Cedrick pulled her back so

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

you love me as

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

thought of

answer would blot out the last ray of hope he was clinging

what?” Gwendolyn’s voice called him back, and he

that I still love you, no

left in the drawer yesterday night, hoping it would help

so dumb–like really dumb,”

her, Cedrick just smiled as he watched her tend to his injury with great care, even blowing tenderly on his hand to help ease

still angry about what

she remarked, pinching his cheek

smiled and carried her up

“W–What are you doing?”

you’re not punishing me tonight, we can proceed to

“Where are you bringing me? We’re already in

master bedroom better. It’s more spacious!” A mischievous smile broke out on his face as excitement

“Wait!”

asked, stopping when he

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

face fell as his brows stitched. “I can do at least three hundred push–ups singlehandedly

“What? Mmm!”

shut her up with a kiss before

went on deep as the lovebirds kissed under

was already disembarking a plane in

to the Harris residence on his own since

returned home, he 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

arrived, he went upstairs to his room

unusual in his room but went on to