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 screaming

a hand on the edge of the bed while he took calculated breaths. It took him

turning on the ceiling lights would startle Gwendolyn awake, so Cedrick picked up his pajamas from the bed in the

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

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

covered in the signs of torment.

keep himself steady with a hand

assaulter would tire from the act, the receiver would be even more

for the past few nights. He was

of medication to cure her, so Cedrick had to quickly treat himself before taking Gwendolyn

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

medication. Initially, Cedrick felt a cooling sensation on his skin, but it soon turned into

Even Cedrick, a

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

heal faster, he took a towel and bit

a glass of water to calm the stress from the agonizing session. After

her weight pressed against them. Nevertheless, Cedrick let no pained sound leave his mouth as he silently

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

hold Gwendolyn’s hand as he

to work. I can’t possibly ask you to keep

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

envious of your relationship. If only

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

It’s

dragged a chair over to

and swelling on

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

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

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

hand was frozen in midair for a whole minute

be hard to apply the medication on your

with a spray before coming out. It’s not affecting

stopped trying to persuade him otherwise at his insistence, knowing that nothing he said could change his mind. Hence, he quietly

Cedrick started flagging. As he supported himself with a hand

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 downed.”

he tried to keep his rapid pained breathing

Put on a set of protective wear tomorrow night. It’s better than letting her hit you without wearing any protective