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”

passed away while they were at sea some time ago, and there aren’t many of their clothes left.”

murmured to herself as she searched. Charles realized that she

been challenging

as she handed Charles a set of dark-colored clothes. Her cheeks flushed slightly as she left

attire seemed a bit

found a bowl of freshly

nourishment. I’ll go catch some

oatmeal smelled incredibly inviting to Charles, and he finished it

age, it was impeccably

rely on each other, and we don’t have much extra

her words as she spoke about her simple

his eyes involuntarily focusing on her face each time.

saw a different person in

the crack of dawn, black smoke rose from the chimney, and a faint medicinal aroma

in a light green long dress, emitted a gentle and

village, she managed to keep

to be ready in a quarter of an hour With great care, she carried the

sound of approaching footsteps, stirred from hist slumber.

eyes.

“Gwen… Gwen…”

to life before his eyes. Her graceful curves resembled a beautiful

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

Gwendolyn without Cedrick by her side.

now? 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

unfamiliar voice immediately brought Charles back from his

he realized he mistook Winona

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

you, and I apologize for my earlier rudeness.” Charles quickly stood up, regaining his gentlemanly demeanor as he picked up the medicinal soup

okay, no harm done,” Winona replied with a

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

past few days together, Winona had become more comfortable around Charles. She no longer held back or refused his kindness. “It just so happens that we could use more