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.

know you’re just trying

Cedrick pulled her back so she could look right

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,

love me

for he feared finding out the answer. What Evelyn said kept replaying in his mind as he reflected on all that happened that

of it disconcerted

the last ray of hope he was

him back,

I still love you, no

medication she left in the drawer yesterday night, hoping it would help

really dumb,” she muttered, applying the

tend to his injury with great care, even blowing tenderly on his hand

angry about what happened at the

not happening again,” she remarked, pinching

relieved and overjoyed, Cedrick smiled and carried her

“W–What are you doing?”

me tonight, we can proceed to our bedtime

stopped him. “Where are you

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

“Wait!”

asked, stopping when he had just gone out

“You shouldn’t use your left hand so much to

with

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 she

the night went on deep as the lovebirds kissed under the moon’s

was already disembarking a plane in

to the Harris residence on his

full of servants, but Leif would still get someone to clean

had arrived, he went upstairs to his room and

he did not realize something unusual in his room