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

I leave now, how will

expecting Charles to notice that she had secretly taken

for repair because I saw it was broken. It might take some time to fix. You’re not mad at

a piece of fish and offered it to her. “Why would I be

guilt and mumbled, “I’m sorry for meddling with

his gaze warm. “There’s no need to apologize. You

conversation during dinner,

passed, Charles and Winona spent more time

dressed in the same traditional fishing village attire, standing by

uniform attire of the fishing village, people might have mistaken them for a couple.

playfully teased and frolicked, just like a young

and she chased after him.

exhausted, lying on the beach, panting heavily, and

the panting girl beside him, a flicker of unusual emotion flashing

hair at the temples of the girl next to him was dampened by the seawater, sticking to her face, stirring an indescribable urge within him.

have you ever considered being in a relationship?”

envy Sera from our village. She and her boyfriend are indeed very affectionate. However, I haven’t considered it

longing for love, Charles abruptly stood up, blocking the sunlight in front of her. He looked at her seriously and said, “So… what if I would like to be

“Huh?”

gently blew, lightly caressing their cheeks, while

together, Charles found that many aspects of Winona were similar to

selfish, wanting to protect the obsession that had lasted for those ten years.

while, Winona regained her senses, her heart inexplicably

never really thought about being in a relationship… I’m

I can’t bring this misfortune upon you. I’m truly sorry.

Winona ran off in a flurry, leaving him

a

looking flushed. “Take a look. It seems like a lot of people have been

countless call logs from Whitney,

Where on earth are you? Are you okay? I’m really