The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 306 I Am Not Afraid Of You

Cedrick’s frown deepened when she did not speak. “Gwenny?”

Snapping back to her senses, she explained firmly, “My gut feeling tells me he’s hiding something and that there is more to this than meets the eye. I sent the

from him to the laboratory to be tested, and they said everything like he genuinely found a cure for you.”

“What did he ask in return when he gave you the cure?”

“Bail him out. He wants his freedom back.”

“That’s all?” Cedrick was suspicious.

Cine I received the with it. It seems

“You’re right, but I don’t know his ulterior motive. Regardless, he has no one to help him out now, so I guess there’s nothing substantial he can do.”

Here, Gwendolyn clenched her fists and changed the topic. “Anyway, it’s getting late, Ceddy. Get some rest first. We’ll think about this tomorrow.”

Despite her trying to digress from the subject, Cedrick was adamant about getting to the bottom of it. “If he knew S404 was the antidote, I am at his mercy. He has too big of a bargaining chip to ask for just this.”

“I mean…” Gwendolyn hesitated, forcing a smile to hide her uneasiness. “How would I know what he’s thinking? He probably has a plan cooked up but didn’t tell me about it.”

She had already decided to keep the other two terms she agreed to from Cedrick, for if the latter found out about it, he would utterly knock back the idea of injecting the cure Charles

gave.

Moreover, she needed more time to consider her strategy moving forward regarding dealing with Charles and planned on drawing more helpful information from the man to get hold of the antidote.

When Cedrick was bent on finding out more, she rubbed her tense shoulders and looked at him with tired eyes, saying, “Why don’t we leave this for some other time, Ceddy? I’m so tired. It’s been a long day.”

“But, Gwenny…”

Looking at the persistent man, Gwendolyn held his face and kissed his thin lips, a gesture that happened to be their bedtime ritual.

“Goodnight, Ceddy.”

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finally

too. I’ll go to the

“Okay.”

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his blanket and closed his eyes, Gwendolyn gazed at him until his breathing slowed down before turning off the lights and leaving

the supposedly asleep man opened his eyes the moment

the pair of dark and cold eyes staring into the ceiling, it was apparent that Cedrick had seen through Gwendolyn–she was such a bad liar Cedrick could not help but notice

she tried to keep it to herself, the more Cedrick was convinced that Charles had

much to put her through all the suffering because

pondered the matter, he heard

Cedrick still

he got out of bed and closed the windows carefully before pulling out his phone to call

you tell me in one go what you want me to

complaint, Cedrick lowered his voice and noted, “It seems like you don’t like

“No

up the night to play

“Count this as overtime. Go to the finance department

surge of energy shooting through

no! I would never say that! You’re the

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love you,” Cedrick dissed, the disgust apparent on his face

touch even a

of yourself, boss. I’m straight, so I’m not interested in

chase. “I want you to investigate what Charles has been up to since he got out of jail. I want him apprehended at all costs. Don’t let Gwenny know about this. I have some questions for

“Right away, boss!”

had fallen into a deep sleep after pulling an

in the kitchen until he realized Gwendolyn was still not up, so he went to her room and

soundly, shivered when she felt exposed to the cold air as Cedrick pulled her warm blanket

spot a head with neatly–cut black hair sticking out of

to play a prank on that man, so she closed her eyes and

her to not wake her, she leaned onto him suddenly and hugged him tight, pulling