The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 828 Beyond Resenting. 

Whitney’s heart raced as she was lost in the depths of his profound blue eyes.

“Did that person hurt you just now?”

Upon hearing his concern, a warm sensation surged through her heart. She shook her head.

“No.”

As the music reached its climax, their dance steps quickened. The two of them began to dance in the center of the dance floor, and the people around them tactfully made room.

When the music stopped, everyone ceased dancing.

Whitney was in Charles’ arms, feeling his heartbeat.

The strong and powerful sound provided her a sense of comfort.

After the dance, the pain in her ankle intensified. Whitney said aloud, “Mr. Newton, I need to use the restroom.”

While they were dancing earlier, Whitney was holding it in. She needed to go to the restroom to put a damp paper towel on it, lest she embarrass herself later.

The moment she turned around, her wrist was grabbed. Whitney looked at him, puzzled.

“From now on, there’s no need to address me as Mr. Newton outside the office.”

Charles felt somewhat annoyed with the manner of address. He didn’t know why, but he didn’t want her to call him that. It seemed to subconsciously increase the distance between. them.

Whitney chuckled lightly, nodding her head as she replied, “I understand, Charles.”

Charles let go of her hand, and only then did she go to the restroom.

To avoid dirtying her gown, Whitney carefully lifted her skirt as she slowly made her way to the restroom.

High heels might make one look beautiful, but there was an immense price to pay.

When she took off her shoes, she noticed that blisters had formed on her ankles.

With a gentle touch, a piercing pain was felt immediately.

Gasp!

and took out a band-aid from

habit of always carrying band-aids with her. It finally came in handy.

Whitney emerged from the bathroom. With the wound now covered, the pain was just about

recent tenderness, Whitney joyfully

his face was genuine, and his joy was evident. He seemed

and affection had clearly

to Gwendolyn, Charles had a

filled Whitney’s heart just moments ago vanished in an instant,

become something that couldn’t see the light of day, only to be kept

risk embarrassment. Silently, she turned around to leave, planning to return to her car and wait until the party was

Gwendolyn couldn’t help but bring up Whitney again. “Ms. Mel Mellor is quite impressive, and Zendy really likes her too. You better not miss

shaking his head. “Gwen,

I so easily shift my feelings onto

the extent of

a cooperative and contractual relationship.

the matter further with him, Gwendolyn changed the subject: “Benny’s health has

guilt in Charles’s eyes

the aquarium that Benny requested is too big and difficult. I’m still clueless about it.

was giving you a hard time on purpose, knowing it would be difficult for you to accomplish. Don’t worry. He wasn’t

Gwendolyn immediately bid. farewell to Charles and cheerfully walked toward Cedrick

dimmed, his gaze evasive. After a moment, he remembered that Whitney had just mentioned

so long, and she still

crowd but failed to spot her, causing him

his phone vibrated. It was a message from Whitney: I’ll wait for you in the car. My

Charles’s face regained its composure. He then left the banquet hall.

showed his

set aside her thoughts and responded calmly, “I’m not really used to wearing high heels. They’ve rubbed my heels raw,

“Mm-hmm.”

the subtle change in Whitney’s mood. He

work as usual and redid the proposal, sending

limp as she walked. On her way to the pantry, she ran into Lana and her gang.

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