The Ex and Her Riches

Without hesitation, his hand shot out to grab Gwendolyn’s left wrist.

With her two hands restrained, the frenzied Gwendolyn started kicking her legs.

Cedrick was forced to move backward. Once he let go of her, he rolled twice across the bed before landing steadily on the carpet.

While Gwendolyn went to look for more objects to alleviate her emotions, he took the opportunity to dash to the closet to grab a belt, the moonlight the only light source for him in the dark. Before Gwendolyn could throw something else onto the ground, he rushed to the other side of the bed and placed the belt in her hand.

Once Gwendolyn got hold of a weapon, the bloodlust in her eyes grew more intense.

“Wait!” Cedrick cried out in a panic,

In the next second, he took off his pajamas and threw them on the bed before standing naked in front of Gwendolyn. He did not want another set of clothes destroyed again.

“Come, Gwenny. Do it fast so we can go back to sleep.”

Gwendolyn roared as if she had turned into a beast without rationality and sentience.

There was nothing but anger in her eyes-there was no trace of pity for him-as she swung the belt toward him.

Smack!

Every whip she did struck an old wound, but Cedrick endured it with deep breaths and gritted teeth as he covered his crotch.

Quietly, he counted the attacks, wondering how long more he had to endure them.

The whooshing of the whipping belt was terrifying in the silent night.

The one-sided violence lasted close to an hour.

Eventually, the whipping grew weaker.

When Cedrick lifted his head, he noticed the manic quality in Gwendolyn’s eyes fading away, giving place to exhaustion.

The second she fell backward, Cedrick shot forward to grab her.

Like the night before, he nimbly placed her back on the bed.

He had been keeping tracking earlier, so he knew she had delivered two hundred and eighteen strikes on him. Genny’s strong when she’s manic

He inhaled sharply.

It hurt terribly.

his skin was screaming in pain.

supported himself with a hand on the edge of the bed while

Gwendolyn awake, so Cedrick picked up his pajamas from the bed in the dark and

making his way to the refrigerator for an ice pack. As he held it against his cheek, he checked the injuries on the rest

than before, and there was no part of his skin that had been spared from

covered in the

to keep himself steady with a hand on the refrigerator,

tire from the act, the receiver would be even more exhausted.

he had not been sleeping well for the past few nights. He was sore

up with the right dose of medication to cure her, so Cedrick had to quickly treat himself before taking

senses and grabbed the anti- inflammatory cream Joshua had given him during the day to apply

skin, but it soon turned into flames from an inferno, burning his skin. It felt as if

Cedrick, a man with

entire body, and the world spun around him. He could

faster, he took a towel and bit onto it before continuing

a glass of water to calm the stress from the agonizing session. After putting on his pajamas, he went back upstairs to look

against them. Nevertheless, Cedrick let no pained sound leave his mouth as

intravenous therapy for Gwendolyn, Joshua turned to look at Cedrick with a frown “This is too tiring for you, Cedrick. Go

to hold Gwendolyn’s hand as

you to keep

his wife reminded Joshua of how Gwendolyn had delivered the serum to the lab in the middle of the night back then for Cedrick.

of your relationship. If only

“It will be. These difficult times will pass, and our family will have a happy

company then. It’s not as if I can

sigh, Joshua dragged a chair over to sit beside

swelling on Cedrick’s wrist, and he leaned

pretty bad, and it’s

“This is nothing. I’ll deal with

Joshua sighed. He reached out, thinking to pat the back of Cedrick’s hand in consolation, but quickly realized that there was no part of Cedrick

for a

to apply the medication on your back, right? Sit down. I’ll do it for you.”

his offer with a shake of his head. “I’ve already treated it with a spray before coming

him otherwise at his insistence, knowing that nothing he said could change his mind. Hence, he

an hour passed, and Cedrick started flagging. As he supported himself with a hand on the

him, Joshua said, “Cedrick, if she gets another episode tomorrow, we should sedate her. Don’t be her punching bag anymore. Look at you. One more beating, and you’re going to

did not speak as he tried to keep his rapid

tomorrow night.