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”

but I 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 many of their clothes

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

had clearly been challenging for

and see if they fit. Don’t worry, they’re clean,” Winona said as she handed Charles a set of dark-colored clothes. Her

attire seemed a bit

from the room, he found a bowl of freshly cooked oatmeal waiting for him on the stove.

saying, “Your body needs nourishment. I’ll go catch some fish tomorrow to help you replenish.”

bowl of plain oatmeal smelled incredibly inviting to Charles, and he

that despite the house’s age, it was impeccably clean, a

head and said, “My grandmother and I rely on each other, and we don’t have much extra

her words as she spoke about

eyes involuntarily focusing on her face each

he saw a different person

morning, at the crack of dawn, black smoke rose from the chimney, and a faint medicinal aroma wafted from the firewood room.

long dress, emitted

living in a fishing village, she managed to keep herself neat

of an hour With great care, she carried the medicinal soup

to the sound of

as he opened his precious phoenix eyes. In

“Gwen… Gwen…”

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

lost in thought, seemingly forgetting his surroundings, his identity, with only Gwendolyn before

was a Gwendolyn without

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

brought Charles

realized he mistook Winona for

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

quickly stood up, regaining his gentlemanly demeanor as he

Winona replied with a

ever anything the fishing village needs my help with in the future, I’ll

“It just so