The Ex and Her Riches

After Gwendolyn roughly sorted out her thoughts, she quickly refocused and immersed herself in her work.

The afternoon passed by in the blink of an eye. Twilight illuminated the sky outside and filtered in through the floor-to-ceiling window, casting its light on her beautiful profile.

Ever since she was diagnosed with mania, she had been visiting Joshua’s place every night for an IV drip for a week.

Her alarm for leaving work half an hour early hadn’t sounded yet, but her phone rang first.

She glanced at the screen and noticed it was a call from Jennifer.

As soon as Gwendolyn answered the call, she asked, “Did you run away from home again?”

Jennifer didn’t respond.

Sensing Jennifer’s silence, Gwendolyn probed further, “Or did you throw another tantrum? Where are you? Do you need to come out for a bit and have a chat?”

Jennifer replied, “No. I’ve been good these past few days. I’m just a little bored studying at home. I just finished memorizing the information and wanted to play a game with you. Are you free?”

Gwendolyn thought. Oh. She wants to play that Honor of Kings game.

She quite liked that game and had grown addicted to it because of Jennifer’s influence. “I was just about to finish up work. A round of that game doesn’t take long. The time should be just right for me to get off work after a few rounds. Let’s go.”

The two opened the voice chat in the game and started to play while conversing.

Initially, Gwendolyn planned to play only two or three rounds, but for some reason, her luck wasn’t good that day as all her teammates were newbies.

After losing three rounds in a row, the two became determined to win a game before logging off.

Eventually, it turned into a cycle of not giving up after a loss and wanting to play again after a win.

While gaming, Gwendolyn had her phone set to esports mode, automatically rejecting all calls and message notifications.

Meanwhile, Cedrick waited anxiously at home. He had dialed Gwendolyn’s number over ten times without getting through.

The twilight gradually faded as the sun dipped below the horizon, and the sky swiftly turned dark

Gwendolyn sat in her office chair and was absorbed in playing the game without switching on the lights.

After some time, a click abruptly sounded as the lights inside her office were turned on. Cedrick stood at the doorway, staring at her with a grimace

the noise. Gwendolyn looked up. “Hubby, why did you come

“Working overtime?”

at her phone screen, which was displaying a game interface. “So,

of games she

explaining unabashedly, “That’s right I’m personally experiencing the project I plan to invest in next. I need to understand it

her and looked at the game interface. “You’re thinking of investing in the

think esports is quite interesting. We live in the internet age, so esports might be the future trend. I want

had never interfered in Gwendolyn’s

man. She had her own ambitions, and he would support whatever she wanted

so upset anymore, assuming Gwendolyn was just testing

wrap his arms around her waist, and rested his chin lazily

in-game victory announcement rang out, Treyton arrived home on Jennifer’s end.

said their goodbyes and

Cedrick and inquired about his view after he observed the

the nook of her neck and took a

was referring to the game

have our dinner, Gwenny”

to carry her in his arms and

also invited Cedrick to

for a few fun rounds

had a stronger desire to win in games than women, and

the game, he was determined to keep playing

together. At around eleven o’clock at night, they finally stopped playing and went upstairs to check on Benedict and Zendaya, who were sound asleep, before heading down to

Cedrick would hold Gwendolyn and refrain from falling into

during the day and accompanying her to fight at

until the next

immediately checked the time, realizing it was

meant Gwendolyn hadn’t suffered a relapse all

Gwendolyn, who was still sound

pin her beneath him, showering

from her slumber by his

You didn’t have an episode

“Really?”

she had slept through the night since her diagnosis. It had been a long while