The Ex and Her Riches

Charles was stunned.

In the end, Winona waved her hand before him and asked in confusion, “Sir? Sir? Are you listening to what I’m saying?”

At that, Charles snapped back to reality. He took the medicine from her and gulped it down without hesitation.

He was well aware that if she had been sent by Leonardo, she would have killed him long ag instead of taking care of him until now.

After drinking the medicinal brew, a bit of brown liquid lingered at the corner of his mouth. Winona quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe away the stain.

She soon realized her behavior might have been inappropriate. She quickly explained, “Sir, this handkerchief is clean, it’s not a rag.”

Seeing her flushed cheeks, Charles weakly curled his lips into a teasing smile. “If I were to say your actions just now have charmed me, would you take responsibility?”

“Sir… I…”

Winona’s cheeks grew even redder, and she became more flustered.

Charles quickly clarified, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything else. Thank you for saving me. My name is Charles. What’s yours?

“W-Winona.”

Her cheeks remained as red as apples, and she grew more cautious in her movements.

In this state, she looked rather adorable.

At that moment, Charles found himself captivated by the girl before him, who bore a striking resemblance to Gwendolyn. His thoughts kept drifting.

Despite the unbearable pain from his gunshot wound, Charles mustered the strength to lift the quilt and discovered he was only in his underwear.

He was rendered speechless, his handsome brows furrowing with sudden embarrassment.

“Excuse me, could you please find me some clothes? I’d like to get out of bed and move around”

don’t have many men’s clothes at home. My parents passed away while they were at sea some time ago, and there aren’t

searched. Charles realized that she had only her grandmother to rely

clearly been challenging for Winona.

they fit. Don’t worry, they’re clean,” Winona said as she handed Charles a set of dark-colored clothes. Her cheeks flushed slightly as she left the room.

seemed a bit outdated.

he emerged from the room, he found a bowl of freshly cooked

body needs nourishment. I’ll go catch some fish tomorrow to help you

plain oatmeal smelled incredibly inviting to Charles, and he finished it in

in the room’s decor, noting that despite the house’s age, it was

him examining the house, Winona lowered her head and said, “My grandmother and I rely on each other, and we don’t have much extra income. Having a house like this

as she spoke about

involuntarily focusing on her

he saw

rose from the chimney, and a

dressed in a light green long dress,

managed to keep herself neat and tidy

to be ready in a quarter of

gradually awakening to the sound of approaching footsteps, stirred from

fluttered slightly as he opened his precious phoenix eyes. In his daze, he saw a familiar figure

“Gwen… Gwen…”

she seemed like Gwendolyn came to life before his

thought, seemingly forgetting his surroundings, his identity, with only

was a Gwendolyn without Cedrick by

few days were meant to detoxify your body. Today’s dose will be the last, just to

immediately brought Charles back from his

that he realized he mistook Winona for

his decade-long companionship with Gwendolyn, likely due to

up, regaining his gentlemanly demeanor as he

Winona replied with a

recovered now, all thanks to you. If there’s ever anything the fishing village needs my help with in the future, I’ll

held back or refused his kindness. “It just so happens that we could use more help on the farm