The Ex and Her Riches

Gwendolyn did not answer right away. Instead, she turned to look at the man by her side, Cedrick.

Then she saw the gloomy look in his eyes as he resentfully stared at her.

He was ready to submit, but right as he was about to have it, someone interrupted. It was torture.

Realizing that Gwendolyn rejected the person on the other end of the line, Frostine. “I’m not free today. I’ll be resting at home. Let her stay if she wants to wait, but do serve her snacks and drinks. If she wants to stay and wait, then let her be.”

“Of course, Ms. Harris.”

“Mm. I have something to do today. I’ll be busy. Don’t disturb me unless it’s something major like the imminent closing of the company.”

“Understood.”

After ending the call, she moved to pin Cedrick down again. “Hubby, are you satisfied with that?”

Cedrick could not help but curl his lips as joy bloomed in his chest.

Leaning toward Gwendolyn’s ear, he hoarsely whispered, “Yes.”

Gwendolyn bent down to kiss his lips.

It was intimate and sweet as the two spent a rare afternoon together.

From their afternoon nap until evening, the two never left the bed. After the lovemaking, they continued, teasing each other on the bed. It was as if the two of them were the only ones in the world during that time.

When the sun was almost gone, Gwendolyn’s phone rang again.

This time, it was not a call from work; it was from Jennifer.

Ever since Jennifer lost her past four years of memories, Treyton brought her back to take good care of her. It had been a long time since Jennifer called her.

Once the call went through, Jennifer’s gloomy voice traveled out of the speakers. “Gwendolyn, are you free? Can you meet me for a while?”

Gwendolyn could hear that something was off about Jennifer. “What’s the matter, Jennifer? Are you in a bad mood?”

did not answer her.

me what happened, and I’ll teach him a lesson

the villa. I don’t want to go back to

that Jennifer

from home?” Gwendolyn sighed. “Where are you? I’ll come and pick

around her.

find out where Jennifer had gone to. In the end, she had to teach Jennifer how to send

hastily changed her clothes as she said, “Ceddy, I think Jennifer had a fight with Treyton. She sounds upset, so I’m going

was calm as he nodded in understanding and responded, “Sure. Stay safe,

Jennifer? I can’t believe you gave her the opportunity to run

away from home?”

was dumbfounded. He was still at work, and he could not wrap his head around why

It was then he found out that Jennifer was indeed not in the villa, having snuck out at one point.

no longer had the heart to keep

been nice to her, and

to

dark, so she had to use a torch to find

Jennifer and gently asked, “Jennifer, why are you here? What‘ happened? Tell me, and I’ll help you

with me lately because I wanted to go to grad school. He’s making me do revisions every single night, but my basic skills are weak, so

Gwendolyn was silent.

so strict with her

foundation. Moreover, Jennifer’s mind was of a twenty–one–year–old. She would

was

Gwendolyn consoled, “But that doesn’t mean you should run away from home like this. How anxious do you think Treyton will be if he doesn’t find you at home as he usually

running away from home, does it? I’m only engaged to him. Staying at his place doesn’t mean that his house is mine. Also, I want some time alone. I haven’t been able

mistakes. Even though he was only using his hand to hit her, it was still

“It’s all dark outside. Aren’t you afraid of meeting bad people by sneaking out here

“Aren’t you right beside me?

Gwendolyn

come to you whenever I’m sad, like how I did when we were in the orphanage. I’ve forgotten that you now have children and a husband. Sorry for

“You’re not. I wasn’t doing anything at home anyway, so I might as well come and keep you company.”

a year older than her, but her loss of memories made her seem much younger and more naive than