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.

turned away and replied, “I know you’re just trying

pulled her back so she could look right into

saying this just to make you feel better. I know you’re angry about what happened just now because you’re jealous. I’m actually happy 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, but I am the happiest man holding you every night, hearing you call my name, and sleeping with you. I love you. I really do. I

love me

he feared finding out the answer. What Evelyn said kept replaying in his mind as he reflected on all that happened that period–although Gwendolyn had agreed to be with him, she had never told him she loved

of

out the last ray of hope he was clinging to that whole

called him back, and he looked

I just wanted to say that I still love you, no matter what you do

in the drawer yesterday night, hoping it would help with the

so dumb–like really dumb,” she muttered, applying

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

you still angry about what happened at the

she remarked, pinching his

overjoyed, Cedrick smiled and carried her up

“W–What are you doing?”

not punishing me tonight, we can

on!” Gwendolyn stopped him. “Where are you

A mischievous smile broke out on

“Wait!”

it again?” Cedrick asked, stopping when he had

use your left hand so much to

anything with just

at least three hundred push–ups singlehandedly without even

“What? Mmm!”

with a

that note, the night went on deep as the

already disembarking a

back to the Harris residence on his own since it was already

there was no need to keep a house full of servants, but Leif would still get someone to clean the

went

he did not realize something unusual in his room but went on to turn off the lights and lay down, getting ready