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”

course, but I don’t have many men’s clothes at home. My parents passed away while

that she had only her grandmother to rely

clearly been

worry, they’re clean,” Winona said as she handed Charles a set of dark-colored clothes. Her cheeks flushed slightly

a

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

needs nourishment. I’ll go catch some

incredibly inviting to Charles, and he

decor, noting that despite the house’s age, it was impeccably clean, a testament to the homeowner’s dedication

and I rely on each other, and we don’t have much extra income. Having a house like this to live in is already quite good. You must be from a big city, aren’t you?”

tinged her words as she spoke about

focusing

though he saw a

rose from the chimney, and a faint medicinal aroma wafted from the firewood

dress, emitted a gentle and calming

village, she managed to keep herself

small pot, carefully uning it to be ready in a quarter of an hour With great care, she carried the medicinal soup and approached the room where Charles was resting

of approaching

opened his precious phoenix eyes. In his daze, he saw a

“Gwen… Gwen…”

her light green attire, she seemed like Gwendolyn came to life before his eyes. Her graceful curves resembled a

in thought, seemingly forgetting his

Gwendolyn without Cedrick by her side.

ones I’ve been giving you these past few days were meant to detoxify your body. Today’s dose will be the last,

immediately brought Charles

then that he realized he mistook

decade-long companionship with Gwendolyn, likely due to spending so much time

my earlier rudeness.” Charles quickly stood up, regaining his gentlemanly demeanor as he picked up the medicinal soup and downed it

Winona replied with a faint

anything the fishing village needs my

more comfortable around Charles. She no longer held back or refused his kindness. “It just so happens that