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.

inch of his skin

sit, he supported himself with a hand on the edge of the bed

lights would startle Gwendolyn awake, so Cedrick picked up his pajamas

the living room before making his way to the refrigerator for an ice pack.

amount of injuries than before, and there was no part of his skin

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

had to keep himself steady with a hand on the

would tire from the act,

not been sleeping well for the past few nights. He

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

snap back to his senses and grabbed the anti- inflammatory

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

when he was hit. Even Cedrick, a man with a high pain

his entire body, and the world spun

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

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

arms were covered with wounds, and when he carried Gwendolyn, her weight pressed against them. Nevertheless, Cedrick let no pained sound leave his mouth as he silently

Cedrick with a frown “This is too

hold Gwendolyn’s hand

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 when

to his wife reminded Joshua of how Gwendolyn had delivered the serum to the lab in the middle of the night back

your relationship. If only life was peaceful for you

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

you company then. It’s not

Joshua dragged a chair over to sit

swelling on Cedrick’s wrist, and he leaned closer to study it.

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

wrist. “This is

hand in consolation, but quickly realized

midair for a whole minute before he awkwardly retracted it.

be hard to apply the medication on your back,

coming out. It’s not affecting me and my life, so I don’t need to use your special

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

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

him, Joshua 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

as he tried to keep his rapid pained breathing

set of protective wear tomorrow night. It’s