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”

have many men’s clothes at home. My parents passed away while they were at sea some time ago, and

she had only

had clearly been challenging

fit. Don’t worry, they’re clean,” Winona said as she handed Charles a

seemed a

bowl of

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

Charles, and he finished it in just a few

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

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 to live in is already quite good. You must be from a big

as she spoke about her simple

eyes involuntarily focusing on her face

though he saw

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

light green long dress,

she managed to keep

be ready in a quarter of an hour With

of approaching

his precious phoenix eyes. In

“Gwen… Gwen…”

her light green attire, she seemed like Gwendolyn came to life before his

by her radiant charm, lost in thought, seemingly forgetting his surroundings, his

without Cedrick

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

immediately brought Charles back from his

then that he realized he mistook Winona for Gwendolyn once

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

and I apologize for my earlier rudeness.” Charles quickly stood up, regaining his gentlemanly demeanor

okay, no harm done,” Winona

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 at home. If you don’t mind hard