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 in pain.

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

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

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

the amount of injuries than before, and there was no part of his skin that had been spared from abuse.

covered in the

himself steady

tire from the act, the receiver would be

for the past

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

the anti- inflammatory cream Joshua had given him during the day to

a cooling sensation on his skin, but it soon turned into flames from an

fact, it hurt worse than when he was hit. Even Cedrick, a man with a high pain tolerance, was unable to

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

and bit onto

from the agonizing session. After putting on

against them. Nevertheless, Cedrick let no pained sound leave his mouth as he silently carried Gwendolyn

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

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

possibly ask you to keep an eye on my wife too. Go ahead and sleep. I’ll wake you when the IV finishes.”

of how Gwendolyn had delivered the serum to the lab in the middle of the night back then for

only

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

company then. It’s not as if I can sleep anyway.

a chair over to sit beside

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

this is pretty bad, and it’s

glance at his wrist. “This is nothing. I’ll deal with it

hand in consolation, but

in midair for a whole minute before he awkwardly

your back, right? Sit down. I’ll do

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

nothing he said could change his mind. Hence, he quietly sat beside Cedrick and waited

passed, and Cedrick started flagging. As he supported himself with a

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

did not speak as he tried to keep his rapid pained

this? Put on a set of protective wear tomorrow night. It’s better than letting