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.

skin was

to sit, he supported himself with a hand on the edge of the bed while he took calculated breaths. It took him a long time to recollect

Cedrick picked up

he came to the living room before making his way to the refrigerator for an ice pack. As he held it against his cheek, he

had twice the amount of injuries than before, and there was no part of

black-he was covered

had to keep himself steady

assaulter would tire from the act, the receiver would be

sleeping well for the past few nights. He was sore and tired.

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

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

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

Even Cedrick, a man with a high

sweat covered his entire body, and the world spun

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

to calm the stress from the agonizing session. After putting on his pajamas, he went back upstairs to

Cedrick let no pained sound

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

to hold Gwendolyn’s hand as

I’ve already woken you up in the middle of the night to work. I can’t possibly ask you

how Gwendolyn had delivered the serum to the lab in

your relationship. If only life was peaceful for you

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

let me keep you company then. It’s not as if

a chair over to

and swelling on Cedrick’s

this is pretty bad,

wrist. “This is nothing. I’ll deal

in consolation, but quickly realized that there was no part of Cedrick he could touch without hurting the latter.

hand was frozen in midair for a

must be hard to apply the medication on your back, right? Sit down.

treated it with a spray before coming out. It’s not affecting me and my life, so

knowing that nothing he said could change his mind. Hence, he quietly sat beside Cedrick and waited for Gwendolyn to be

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

tomorrow, we should sedate her. Don’t be her punching bag anymore.

he tried to

about this? Put on a set of protective wear tomorrow