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”

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

Charles realized that she had only her grandmother to

clearly been challenging

as she handed Charles a set of dark-colored

a

he found a bowl of freshly

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

incredibly inviting to Charles, and he finished it in just a few mouthfuls.

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

other, and we don’t have much extra income. Having a house like this to live in is already quite good. You must be

she spoke about

involuntarily focusing on her face

he saw a different

dawn, black smoke rose from the chimney, and a faint

green long dress, emitted

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

traditional medicine in a small pot, carefully uning it to be ready in a quarter of an hour With great care, she carried the medicinal soup

of approaching footsteps, stirred from hist

slightly as he opened his precious phoenix eyes. In his daze, he

“Gwen… Gwen…”

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

her radiant charm, lost in thought, seemingly forgetting his surroundings, his identity, with only

was a Gwendolyn without Cedrick

awake now? Come on, take your medicine. The ones I’ve been giving you these past few days were meant to detoxify

voice immediately brought Charles

then that he realized he mistook Winona for Gwendolyn

Charles’ dreams were frequently filled with memories of his decade-long companionship with Gwendolyn, likely

gentlemanly demeanor

okay, no harm done,” Winona replied with a

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

become more comfortable around Charles. She no longer held back or refused his kindness. “It just so happens that we could use more help on the farm at home. If