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

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

the ceiling lights would startle Gwendolyn awake, so Cedrick picked up his pajamas from the bed in the dark and felt his way

way to the refrigerator for an ice pack. As he held

there was no part of his skin that

blue, and black-he was covered in the signs of

keep himself steady with a hand on

the act, the receiver would be even more

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

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

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

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

fact, it hurt worse than when he was hit. Even Cedrick, a man

spun around him. He could barely keep his balance.

and bit onto it before continuing

to calm the stress from the agonizing session. After putting on his pajamas,

and when he carried Gwendolyn, her weight pressed against them. Nevertheless, Cedrick let no pained sound leave his mouth as he silently carried Gwendolyn downstairs. Half

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

continued to hold Gwendolyn’s hand as he stood

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 finishes.”

Gwendolyn had delivered the serum to the lab in the middle of the night

of your relationship. If only life

his grip on Gwendolyn’s hand. “It will be. These difficult times will pass, and our

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

a chair

and swelling on Cedrick’s wrist, and he

is pretty bad, and it’s rather obvious.”

gave a half-hearted glance at his wrist. “This is nothing. I’ll deal with

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

hand was frozen in midair for a whole minute before he awkwardly retracted it.

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

shake of his head. “I’ve already treated it with a spray before coming out. It’s not

could change his mind. Hence, he quietly sat beside Cedrick and waited for Gwendolyn

Cedrick started flagging. As he supported himself with a hand on the

Joshua said, “Cedrick, if she gets another episode tomorrow, we should sedate her. Don’t be her punching bag

as he tried to

tomorrow night. It’s better than letting her hit you without wearing any