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.

of his skin was screaming

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

had been removed, and turning on the ceiling lights would startle Gwendolyn awake, so Cedrick picked up

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

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

covered in the

keep himself steady with a hand on the refrigerator,

the act, the receiver would be even more exhausted.

sleeping well for the past

dose of medication to cure her,

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

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

Even Cedrick, a man with a high pain

sweat covered his entire body, and the world spun around him. He could barely keep

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

done with 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

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

had received 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

hold Gwendolyn’s hand as he

already 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

of how Gwendolyn had delivered the serum to the lab

If only life was

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

let me keep you company then. It’s

Joshua dragged a chair over to

the next instance, he keenly spotted the abrasion and swelling on Cedrick’s wrist, and he leaned closer to study it.

this is pretty bad, and it’s rather

at his wrist. “This

but quickly realized that there was no part of Cedrick he could touch

hand was frozen in midair for a whole

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

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

otherwise at his insistence, knowing that nothing he said could change his mind. Hence, he quietly sat beside Cedrick and waited for Gwendolyn to be done with her

supported himself with a hand on the bed, he closed his eyes to rest.

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 be

not speak as he tried to keep

Put on a set of protective wear tomorrow night. It’s better than letting her hit you