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 giving in under

rest too. I’ll go to the next room

“Okay.”

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

she know, the supposedly asleep man opened his eyes the moment she

eyes staring into the ceiling, it was apparent that Cedrick had seen through Gwendolyn–she was

that she was hiding something from him, but the more she tried to keep it to herself, the more Cedrick was convinced

further, for it was already too much to put her through all the suffering because of him, so

matter, he heard

noise, Cedrick still caught it

the windows carefully before pulling out his phone to call Nico, who sounded

called. Can’t you tell me in one go what

complaint, Cedrick lowered his voice and noted, “It seems

“No

was just thinking about staying up the night to play some games while I wait for your

“Count this as overtime. Go to the

surge of energy shooting

I would never say that! You’re the

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you,” Cedrick dissed, the disgust apparent

anyone touch even a strand of my

yourself, boss. I’m straight, so

want you to investigate what Charles has been up to since he got out of

“Right away, boss!”

fallen into a deep sleep after pulling an all–nighter the day

with him preparing a meal in the kitchen until he realized Gwendolyn was still not up, so he went to her room and crept into her bed

felt exposed to

she opened her groggy eyes only to spot a head with neatly–cut black hair sticking out of the blanket. From how still Cedrick was after getting into the blanket, he must have thought she

that man, so she closed

inched toward her to not wake her, she leaned onto him