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

had sent to keep an eye on Evelyn, made an unexpected call to Gwendolyn using Ezra’s

to

of the incident to

his report, she calmly instructed, “The river current is rapid. Evelyn is injured, so she couldn’t have gone far. Tonight, I will send members of the

Harris,”

a solemn silence after

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

recently been devoted to his scripture studies at the ancestral hall.

set aside those thoughts for now. We should wait until we locate her before jumping to conclusions. Tonight, let’s indulge in a relaxing bath together, and

her arms around his neck and nuzzled into his chest. “I’m too tired to bathe

his head and planted a gentle kiss on her forehead. “You helped me

referring to that

mouth. “Someone was quite naughty that day and tried to entice and seduce me. Fortunately, I have strong

words caused him to stiffen

be brought up or known by anyone other

closer to his ear and blew a teasing breath. Her seductive voice was enchanting, and her mischievous

your self-control today,

“Gwenny, men easily succumb to temptation. You’re

the dry area of the bathroom. He then proceeded to fill the bathtub with

to say that men can’t resist temptation? Does that mean this can happen to other women too?” Gwendolyn pouted,

her and crouched again; his dark eyes were filled with a wicked

grabbed her hand and placed

for other women. Only you make me feel like this. Moreover, it’s sensitive to you. It’ll succumb to your teasing.

pursed her lips and nodded in

to be

lusty eyes fixed on her with anticipation. “So, Gwenny,

to her

by her response, Cedrick let out

me tonight, Gwenny. Be

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