The Ex and Her Riches

“You’ve worked hard today, so why don’t you stay for dinner tonight?”

Charles instinctively reached out and gently held Winona’s wrist. He stared at her meaningfully, causing Winona to feel a bit flustered, and her cheeks flushed red.

She managed to free her wrist from his grasp. With a coy glance, she lifted her skirt, turned, and playfully ran off into the distance.

Observing her retreating figure, a faint smile played at the corners of Charles’ lips as he followed her.

Under the guise of a life-saving favor, all of Winona’s advances became reasonable.

When dinner time arrived, Winona prepared a large table filled with exquisite dishes.

Since they were in a fishing village, the table featured an array of dishes made from fish. prepared in various ways.

As Charles surveyed the feast, he recalled Winona mentioning that she and her grandmother were all each other had. However, during his few days here, he had not yet seen the elderly woman, sparking his curiosity.

“Winona, doesn’t your grandmother live here?”

Winona, who was in the middle of serving food, paused for a moment. She replied, “My grandmother often treats sick fishermen in the village. If she hasn’t finished helping a family yet, she won’t return home. Is there a reason you want to meet her?”

With a sweet smile, Winona deliberately let her hair graze against Charles’ cheek as she served him food.

“I was just curious. It’s been a while since I last saw her.”

Winona changed the subject, asking, “Now that you’ve tasted my cooking, what kind of impression do you have of me?”

Charles smiled. “You’re as pure and innocent as Cinderella in the fairy tales.”

Winona blushed slightly at the compliment.

“You have a way with words. But you’ve been here for quite some time. Aren’t your family worried about you? What do you do for a living?”

In response to Winona’s probes, Charles replied, “You know, you took my phone for repairs

now, how will you find me

expecting Charles to notice that she

she quickly regained her composure and explained, “I only took your phone for repair because I saw it

offered it to her. “Why would I be mad at

and mumbled, “I’m sorry for

“There’s no need

conversation during dinner, getting to know each other better.

more

in the same traditional

fact that this was the uniform attire of the fishing village,

like a young couple in

Winona, and she

on the beach, panting heavily,

beside him, a flicker of

at the temples of the girl next to him was dampened by the

you ever considered being in a

lips in deep thought. “Love? I do envy Sera from our village. She and her boyfriend are indeed

abruptly stood up, blocking the sunlight in front of her. He looked at her seriously and said, “So… what if I would

“Huh?”

gently blew, lightly caressing their cheeks, while

of Winona were similar to Gwendolyn. He

wanting to protect the obsession

heart inexplicably racing, a blush gradually

really thought about being in a

face revealed a pained expression. “I’m unfortunate, and I can’t bring this misfortune upon you. I’m

Winona ran off in a flurry, leaving him with nothing but her retreating figure.

of her panicked expression, Charles gave a bitter

handed him his phone, looking flushed. “Take a look. It seems

only to find countless call logs from

Are you