The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 424

Cedrick raised his head and looked at her, his eyes sparkling with delight.

After a moment, he lowered his gaze and said, “Wouldn’t it be better not to do it now? Getting the marriage certificate at this critical juncture might invite gossip and unnecessary trouble for you.”

“We can have a private wedding first and keep it a secret from others,” she suggested. “Besides, our lives should be lived for ourselves, not to please others.”

After Cedrick contemplated for a while, his eyes lit up with joy again.

“You’re right, Gwenny. We should live our lives on our own terms.”

He flashed a mischievous smile and continued, “Tomorrow is a good day. Shall we go and register our marriage early in the morning?”

Gwendolyn playfully tapped his forehead. “All right, as you wish.”

Cedrick stood before her, his heart filled with excitement about their upcoming official union. He hugged her leg and rested his head against her thigh, reveling in their intimacy.

In return, Gwendolyn tenderly caressed the back of his head, allowing him to nuzzle against her.

Suddenly, her phone on the bedside table rang.

The caller was Ezra.

She had an ominous feeling about receiving calls in the wee hours of the night.

When the call connected, it wasn’t Ezra’s voice that greeted her.

A man’s voice, tinged with a hint of breathlessness as if he had just completed a workout, spoke on the line.

“Hello, Ms. Harris. I work for Boss, and my codename is Midnight. I tried to call him multiple times, but he didn’t pick up. I had no choice but to use your bodyguard’s phone to contact you and Boss.”

Gwendolyn had put the call on speaker mode, allowing Cedrick to hear their conversation.

He stood up to retrieve his own phone, only to discover that it had been set to silent mode. There were over a dozen missed calls from Midnight.

Cedrick exchanged

eye on Evelyn, made an unexpected call to Gwendolyn

to Evelyn?” Gwendolyn

the details of the incident to Gwendolyn

she couldn’t have gone far. Tonight, I will send members

Harris,” he

engulfed in a solemn silence

at the raindrops on the windowpane and sneered, “She never learned her lesson; now she’s trying to

“Asher has recently been devoted to his scripture studies at the ancestral hall. Ever since you dealt with Evelyn, he

her up and carried her to the bathroom. He said warmly, “Gwenny, let’s set aside those thoughts for now.

and nuzzled into

“You helped me to bathe

to

formed at the corner of her mouth. “Someone was quite naughty that day and tried to entice

caused him to

brought up or

ear and blew a teasing breath. Her seductive

your self-control today, Cedrick?”

hesitated for a moment before saying in frustration, “Gwenny, men easily succumb to temptation.

the toilet seat in the dry area of the bathroom.

you mean to say that men can’t resist temptation? Does that mean this

her and crouched again; his dark

grabbed her hand and placed it on his

sensitive to you. It’ll succumb to your teasing. Look at what your touch does, Gwenny. You

her lips and nodded

it wants to be

her with anticipation. “So, Gwenny, can you be devoured tonight?”

lowered her head and pointed to

by her response, Cedrick let out

teasing me tonight, Gwenny. Be good and take a

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255