The Ex and Her Riches

Upon leaving the hospital waiting room, Cedrick took Charles to the pediatric ward where Benedict was.

Gwendolyn was sleeping right beside Benedict’s bed.

She had been having a hard time because of the intense sex that night before boarding the plane. It was Cedrick’s massages that morning that made her waist and back feel much better.

Yet, the second she arrived in Salinsburgh, she found out about Benedict’s condition, which made her worry the entire day. Only Cedrick knew how tired she was.

He could not bring himself to wake her up, so he tiptoed over and draped a thin quilt over his wife’s slender shoulders.

Then, with great caution, he leaned over and planted a gentle kiss on her cheek.

Gwendolyn was so sound asleep that she did not stir.

Charles stood by the door and watched the entire scene. He lowered his blue eyes to hide his emotions.

When the two men exited Grand Valley Hospital, they went straight to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Since it was late at night, only a few police officers were working overtime in the building.

Even Nico, who was already asleep, rushed straight to the Federal Bureau of Investigation when he heard that Cedrick was heading there because of Benedict’s incident.

By the time Cedrick and Charles arrived at the entrance in the luxury car, Nico had already been waiting for quite a while.

Standing in the cold wind, Nico rubbed his hands and hurried forward to open the door for Cedrick.

“How’s Benny, Cedrick? Is he doing all right? I heard it has something to do with the baby formula,” said Nico, his drowsiness dispelled when he saw Cedrick’s stern face.

Instead of answering the questions, Cedrick asked, “Why are you here?”

“How can I sleep when someone’s trying to harm my cute nephew? I heard you were coming, so I came over, too.”

Cedrick looked as indifferent as ever, not the slightest bit surprised by Nico’s words. Patting the latter’s shoulder, he said, “It’s hard to say for now. Whether or not there is any biochemical virus residue left in his body can only be found by bringing him to the lab when he’s older. The challenge for now is his heart problem. Gwenny has been staying by his side all night.”

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care of her

took out his phone and launched WhatsApp to send a text. “I’ll get Summer to go over and keep Zendy company for the night. It’s more reassuring to have someone we know

all, something serious had

was Zoey who discovered the problem with the baby formula, Nico was not willing to trust anyone other than his family until

headed straight into

the back seat

Nico, still typing his text, stopped him and teased, “Mr. Newton, aren’t you in charge of

here as a criminal this time. I’m

his tongue. “There must be something wrong with you. You should be sleeping instead of helping to investigate

diss that was hurled at Charles out of nowhere annoyed him. Frowning, he countered, “I could say the same for you. You’re here instead of sleeping,

duty since I’m the deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Besides, Benny’s my nephew. It’s only right for

godfather. I came here today because Mr. Jenson invited me. Technically, that gives

and he turned around to look at Cedrick who was focused on making

not so much as turn around or say a word. It was as if the other two were

meant that Charles was telling

his lips into a mischievous smile and patted Charles on the shoulder. “Not bad. The fact that you’ve gotten Mr. Jenson’s trust shows that

expression, Charles shrugged off Nico’s hand in an

on doing that, then don’t blame me for arguing with you the whole

expression darkened, and he glared at Charles

turned his head slightly. “Are you here to bicker or to work? If you two can’t bear the sight of each other, I’ll

froze and immediately fell

brow and followed the other two into the building, joking, “That’s a brilliant suggestion. As the ex-leader of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mr. Newton surely has great skills. When

no idea who

almost a year, making him

ninety-nine percent sure that he could

to fight because he knew his

if we’re to fight, we need to place a bet to make things more interesting. Otherwise, I won’t agree to it so

on Nico for some time before he quickly

at Charles’ arrogant back, Nico snorted. “You don’t think you can actually beat me, do