The Ex and Her Riches

The slap was not too hard, and it carried with it a hint of affection.

Gwendolyn’s eyes crinkled as she looked at him. “Excuse me? Just exactly who’s the one getting tortured? Didn’t you promise me four hundred and fifty-nine push-ups? Are you going to go back on your word?” She smacked his butt again. “Come on. You made a promise.”

Cedrick got into the perfect push-up form again by straightening his tired and trembling arms.

“Three hundred and fifty-seven. Carry on.” Gwendolyn’s voice sounded behind him.

Realization finally dawned on Cedrick. She knew the number all along and was playing with me on purpose. Hmph! What a bad woman.

He shook his head helplessly. Well, there’s nothing I can do about it. She’s the wife I put so much effort into getting back. I’ve got to dote on her no matter what.

“Three hundred and fifty-eight.”

That morning, the sound of Cedrick counting the number of push-ups came from the room.

Zoey would occasionally cast the tightly shut door a suspicious glance whenever she passed it by.

Nonetheless, she knew it was inappropriate to ask about the couple’s private matters.

Over in the bedroom, Cedrick could be heard forcing the words out breathlessly. “Four hundred… and fifty-nine…”

As if he had accomplished a mission, Cedrick let out a sigh and slumped weakly to the ground.

I don’t want to do push-ups again for the rest of my life.

Gwendolyn got up and spotted a darker patch on his black pants.

She chuckled in amusement. “Ceddy, you must’ve sweated a lot. Even your butt’s wet.”

Cedrick touched the wet spot, only to see a red stain on his fingers.

He turned around in bewilderment and noticed Gwendolyn’s pale complexion.

“Gwenny, it’s your b-blood…”

The smile on Gwendolyn’s face vanished as she stared at his fingers unblinkingly. She rubbed her belly and quickly realized something.

wonder my waist felt so sore. It’s the

pregnant, so much so that

your pants, Ceddy. But it looks like you won’t be

drained from the push-ups

later, Gwendolyn’s belly was beginning to

did it come? Would the sex have

every

to the bed and tucked her

drowsiness got the

brows furrowed and her eyes

had made her a cup of chamomile tea. He blew on it

pain was

the bed, feeling anxious and helpless at the same time. If

you

his suggestion. “I’m still breastfeeding. The babies need me. I can’t simply take medicines

you can’t keep enduring

“It’s okay. I’ll only have to bear with

see her suffer, but there was nothing he could do when she insisted on

on the internet for solutions. After reading the suggestions given by the netizens, he quickly brought her a warm

gently massaged her belly while warming it with the warm water bottle. He never

extremely dizzy, but through her half-closed eyelids, she could see him using different hands to massage her belly.

felt bad about it. “Ceddy, you can stop massaging. I’ll be

did not stop. “It’s okay. You can sleep while I

Okay, then.

was too tired to convince him otherwise. Her eyes could

better at it. In fact, she felt that her

crawled under the covers beside her and massaged her sore

before he, too, fell

sleep, but it did not wake Cedrick. Still, his hands

like that, the

Inez had been avoiding Kieran ever

two lived under the same roof, they woke up and left the house at different times.

was watching the scene, could not help feeling anxious. However, she did not dare to take action because of Kieran’s

Kieran finally returned to the hotel to take his phone