The Ex and Her Riches

All jokes aside, Gwendolyn placed the breakfast tray down on the bedside table before turning around to help him up.

“How did you fall again? Were you too tired from all the work yesterday?”

Cedrick shook his head. “My foot’s numb.”

Gwendolyn helped him back into his chair, then sat on the edge of the bed to massage his legs, alleviating the pressure on his blood flow caused by prolonged immobility.

“Feeling better now?”

He nodded. Realizing he hadn’t seen the two kids around, he asked, “Where are Benny and Zendy?”

“They just finished breakfast at the lab cafeteria and have followed Joshua and Nico to the small basketball court at the back to play badminton. It’s good for Benny to get some exercise, having been bedridden for so long.

As Gwendolyn spoke, Cedrick kept his gaze fixed on her, a smile playing at the corners of his lips. “Why didn’t Gwenny go?”

“Because I had to come back to check on you. I haven’t even eaten yet. I heard from Nico that you haven’t been eating properly while I was away.”

Cedrick furrowed his brows, picking up on her key point.

How dare Nico tell on me? That betrayer.

It seemed as if Gwendolyn could read his thoughts. With a hint of annoyance, she jabbed her finger at his forehead and scolded in a low voice, “Don’t use this as an excuse to give Nico a hard time. It’s me who wanted him to report these things to me. And you, you really don’t take your health seriously. You’re asking for a beating.”

Cedrick stifled a laugh, far from fearing a beating. He even leaned in to plant a kiss on her soft cheek.

Gwendolyn looked at him, trying to keep a straight face while feeling helpless.

Oh well, there’s nothing I can do. I chose him, so I’ll dote on him.

She raised an eyebrow, gesturing for Cedrick to eat the breakfast on the bedside table. “Hurry up and eat. It’s not good for your stomach if the soy milk gets cold. Your irregular lifestyle in the past is one thing, but now that I’m back, we need to get your schedule back on track. If you dare to drink and smoke excessively, skip meals, or stay up all night, I won’t care for you anymore. I’ll drag you to the Jenson family’s ancestral hall and let Logan discipline you according to the Jenson family rules.”

If he was taken to the ancestral hall, it would mean that he’d be in for a good whipping.

least ten days to heal. It was incomparable to

a blatant threat, and she absolutely couldn’t bear the

did say that she would no longer take

waist, and kissed

pushed his face away, not allowing him

and cat.”

nodded, feeling

after by his

his hands with a wet tissue, and then began to

by the bedside, quietly

egg into his mouth in

rendered

noticed how big

whole boiled egg into his mouth, he chewed it slowly and deliberately After peeling the egg, he wiped his fingers

Adam’s apple moved gently. He took another sip of soy milk, tilting her neck

dish of eggs and soy milk, he ate with the demeanor of someone

it, Gwendolyn swallowed hard.

lips slightly raised, a hint of mischief tinted his smile. “Why does Gwenny’s

strange about it?”

want to devour

first before I devour

the blue veins on the back of his hand subtly

Cedrick swallow a whole egg once again. Furrowing her brows, she couldn’t help

chewing motion came to a halt, his car turned inexplicably red. He looked away, swallowed the egg, took a couple of sips of soy milk, and

I eat isn’t

at a loss for words.

Be serious.

no mind. Instead, she asked, “How is Megan doing? Has she spoken the truth

a fancy to another woman in the city and never returned. She found her days to be more peaceful after that. She still has ten gold bars under her bed, stored for quite some time now. She mentioned that she saved a man three years ago, and in gratitude, he gave her those ten gold bars. This time, when she saved you, she was actually planning to leave town to buy some medicine. But she ran into a group of people who were carrying your photo from the media and asking about your whereabouts. And among that group, she recognized the man she had saved three years ago.

was a very important piece