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

me what happened, and I’ll teach him

for a long time before saying, “I sneaked out of the villa. I don’t want to go

four years of memory meant that Jennifer

you ran away from home?” Gwendolyn sighed. “Where are you? I’ll come

her. Salinsburgh was not a familiar place

the end, she had to teach Jennifer

clothes as she said, “Ceddy, I think Jennifer had a fight with Treyton. She sounds upset, so I’m going to find out what happened. I’ll be back as quickly as I can.”

nodded in understanding and responded, “Sure.

Cedrick immediately called Treyton and grimly asked, “What happened between you and Jennifer? I can’t believe you gave

ran away from

at work, and he could not wrap his head around why that just happened.

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

he no longer had the heart

this happen? I’ve been nice to her, and I haven’t fought with

two men proceeded to

she had to use a torch to find Jennifer, who

before Jennifer and gently asked, “Jennifer, why are you here? What‘ happened? Tell me, and

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 I keep making mistakes. I

Gwendolyn was silent.

so strict with her because he had

friend from the same orphanage, Gwendolyn knew that Jennifer had a weak educational foundation. Moreover, Jennifer’s mind was of a twenty–one–year–old. She would be more

other words, Treyton was too tough on her.

Gwendolyn consoled, “But that doesn’t mean you should run away from home like this. How anxious do you think Treyton

Staying at his place doesn’t mean that his house is mine. Also, I want some time alone. I haven’t been able to memorize the chapters for the day, and I’m sure Mr. Treyton will be disappointed when he comes back and quiz me on them.”

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

strands of her hair behind her ear, she said, “It’s all dark outside. Aren’t

Gwendolyn in confusion. “Aren’t you

Gwendolyn speechless.

I’m sad, like how I did when we were in the orphanage. I’ve forgotten that you now have children

I wasn’t doing anything at home anyway, so I might as well

Jennifer was supposed to be a year older than her, but her loss of memories made her seem much younger and more naive than