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.

inch of his skin was screaming in pain.

he supported himself with a hand on the edge of the bed while he took calculated breaths. It took

Gwendolyn awake, so Cedrick picked up

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

there was no part of his skin that had been spared from abuse.

black-he was covered in

and he had to keep himself steady with a hand on the

act, the receiver would be

well for the past few nights. He was

up with the right dose of medication to cure her, so Cedrick had to quickly

thought in mind, he forced himself to snap back to his senses and grabbed the anti- inflammatory cream Joshua had given him during the day to apply to his

a potent medication. Initially, Cedrick felt a cooling sensation on his skin, but it soon turned into flames from an inferno, burning his skin.

Even Cedrick, a man with a high pain tolerance, was unable to

spun around him. He

let the wounds heal faster, he took a towel and

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

her weight pressed against them. Nevertheless, Cedrick let no pained sound leave

his message a long while ago, so he had rushed back to the lab to work overtime. After administering intravenous therapy for Gwendolyn, Joshua turned to look at Cedrick with a frown “This is too tiring for you, Cedrick. Go and rest in the room at the side. This will take at least two and a half hours. I’ll watch over her

continued to hold Gwendolyn’s hand as he stood beside her.

woken you up in the middle of the night to work. I can’t possibly ask you to keep an eye on my wife too. Go ahead and sleep. I’ll wake you when the IV

to his wife reminded Joshua of how Gwendolyn had delivered the serum to the lab in the middle

of your relationship. If only life was peaceful

These difficult times will pass, and

then. It’s not as if I

dragged a chair over to sit

spotted the abrasion and swelling on Cedrick’s wrist, and

bad, and

wrist. “This is nothing. I’ll deal

of Cedrick’s hand in consolation, but quickly realized that there was no part of Cedrick he could touch without hurting

was frozen in midair for a whole

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

“I’ve already treated it with a spray before coming out.

his mind. Hence, he quietly sat beside Cedrick and waited for Gwendolyn to be done with her intravenous therapy.

he supported himself with a

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

not speak as he tried to keep his rapid pained breathing steady.

on, “What about this? Put on a set of protective wear tomorrow night. It’s better than letting her hit