The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 270 Cedrick Teased

“My heart goes out to you, so I’ll stay by your side. I’ll also learn how to love and protect you.”

Her soothingly lilting voice drifted into Cedrick’s ears and echoed in his mind.

The most dazzling smile bloomed before him.

His heart that ached inexplicably felt as if it were engulfed by warm light which melted all its frost.

Cedrick felt a lump in his throat as he instinctively reached for her soft face.

However, he still wore his leather gloves that had just touched Evelyn.

He discreetly withdrew his hand at the thought while his other palm, which hung on the other side of his thigh, curled into a fist subconsciously.

Charles was right.

Gwendolyn’s fiery personality made her a force to behold with her enemies. They could never get close to her without being burnt.

Yet when it came to the people she loved, she was as docile as a cat, irresistibly drawing others to her.

She embodied vitality, charisma, and resilience.

He had assumed the virus within him could be suppressed well enough so that they could look forward to a life together.

Little did he expect it to become wishful thinking with how rapidly the virus spread.

He was nothing more than a broken man with half a foot in the grave. Gwendolyn deserved better than him.

I’m the one holding her back.

“Ceddy?” Gwendolyn murmured when she noticed Cedrick being lost in his thoughts.

Cedrick regained his senses and stretched out his arms slightly, resuming his aloof expression. “I’m not injured. Feel free to inspect me if you have any doubts.”

“I don’t believe you. You can’t trick me when you look worse for wear. I need you to explain what exactly happened. What were you and Evelyn doing when I came in? Why do I sense that you were trying to pique me-”

I like her quite a

before she

“Excuse me?”

her hands from his thighs and took several steps back, staring at him as if he were a

his gaze out of the

uttered unfeelingly, “She’s

on one’s heartstrings. No man can reject

do you think I was doing with

expression fell as she continued

disgusted with

“You’re prideful, dominant, and cruel compared to her. Perhaps a change of taste is

his chiseled profile. “You’ve changed,

not change,

in the air for several minutes, undisturbed

remained rooted to the

gazing out the window. His inky eyes were devoid of any hint of sentiment and filled only with cold

sound of

around dubiously. How can Gwendolyn laugh and not

free from any trace

to keep up his frosty veneer and

grabbed the arms of his office chair before bending down to plant a kiss on

left its mark was blatantly

“You!”

give her a death stare. “Didn’t

if she’d seen through the act he was

you looked so convincing that I almost fell for it,

his thighs. Your acting skills still have room for improvement. Perhaps try not clenching your

caught off guard and instinctively hid his hands behind

pretense

he could do besides

feisty Gwendolyn was intent on tearing

his chin and drew circles on it

“Cedrick, I’m offended that

I would fall for such paltry tricks.

in your every word and gesture. You’ve almost sacrificed your life several times for my sake and can barely hide your love for me. I would be a fool to believe you’d fall for Evelyn so quickly. Are you pretending to get together with her to infuriate me?

seemed to have

said was the truth. You think too highly