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?”

not

me what happened, and

before saying, “I sneaked out of the villa. I

of memory meant that Jennifer barely

“Where are you? I’ll come

that, Jennifer started observing the buildings around her. Salinsburgh

Jennifer had gone to. In the end, she had to teach Jennifer how to send her

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

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

and grimly asked, “What happened between you and Jennifer? I can’t believe you gave her the opportunity

ran away

work, and he could not wrap his head around why

the villa. It was then he found out that Jennifer was indeed not in the

in his veins, and he no longer had the heart

I’ve been nice to her, and

two men proceeded to

the remote area. It was dark, so she had to use

asked, “Jennifer, why are you here? What‘ happened? Tell

head, seemingly tired and dispirited. “Mr. Treyton has been strict 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 I keep making mistakes. I feel like I can’t do anything right, and it’s

Gwendolyn was silent.

pain, no gain. Treyton was so strict with her because he had high hopes for her.

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

words, Treyton was

doesn’t mean you should run away from home like this. How anxious do you think Treyton will be if he

mean that his house is mine. Also, I want

he was only using his hand to hit her, it was still punishment, and

Gwendolyn tucked the stray strands of her hair behind her ear, she said, “It’s all dark outside. Aren’t you afraid of meeting bad people by sneaking out here

confusion. “Aren’t you right beside me? I’m not

Gwendolyn speechless.

sad, like how I did when we were in the orphanage. I’ve forgotten

smile. “You’re not. I wasn’t doing anything at home anyway, so

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