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

leave now, how will you find me

Charles to notice that she had

she quickly regained her composure and explained, “I only took your phone for repair because I saw it was broken. It might take some time to fix. You’re not mad at me, are

fish and offered it to her. “Why would I

in guilt and mumbled, “I’m sorry for meddling with your phone without

need to apologize. You were just

continued their conversation during dinner, getting to know

Charles and Winona spent more time together in

same traditional fishing village attire, standing by the

the fact that this was the uniform attire of the fishing village, people might have mistaken them for

frolicked, just like a young couple in

splashed water at Winona, and she

on the beach, panting heavily, and feeling utterly exhilarated.

beside him, a flicker of

girl next to him was dampened by the seawater, sticking to her face, stirring

you ever considered

Winona pursed her lips in deep thought. “Love? I do envy Sera from our village. She and her boyfriend are indeed very affectionate. However, I haven’t considered

in front of her. He looked at her seriously and said, “So… what if I would

“Huh?”

lightly caressing their cheeks, while the waves lapped against the shore.

spending time together, Charles found that many aspects of Winona were similar to Gwendolyn. He really

wanting to protect the obsession that had lasted for

long while, Winona regained her senses, her heart inexplicably racing,

about being in

and I can’t bring this misfortune upon you. I’m truly sorry. Your phone has

Winona ran off in a flurry, leaving

her panicked expression, Charles gave a bitter smile and then

a look. It seems like a lot of people have been

logs from Whitney, along with a barrage of

earth are you? Are you okay? I’m