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-”

like her quite

she could

“Excuse me?”

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

gaze out of the

unfeelingly, “She’s

a gentle personality that pulls on one’s heartstrings. No man can

you think I was doing with her

she continued

you disgusted with

disdain. “You’re prideful, dominant, and cruel compared to her. Perhaps a change of taste is due after pursuing you for

his chiseled profile.

excitement and the thrill of a chase. I did not change,

in the air for several minutes, undisturbed by

rooted to the

His inky eyes were devoid of any hint of sentiment and

unexpected sound of

Gwendolyn laugh and not be enraged?

starry eyes were free from any trace

up his frosty veneer and

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

stain that left

“You!”

eyes to give her a death stare. “Didn’t

continued laughing recklessly as if she’d seen

that I

let her sentence hang mid–air while her gaze traveled to his hands on his thighs. Your acting skills still have room

instinctively hid his hands behind

act of pretense had been

do besides pretending

the feisty Gwendolyn was intent

and drew circles on it

“Cedrick, I’m offended that

I would fall for such paltry tricks. I was too

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? Still planning to deny

petulance in her lyrical voice seemed

hand and her gaze. “What I said was