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

how will you find me

Charles to notice that she had secretly taken his phone.

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

picked up a piece of fish and offered it to her. “Why would I be mad at you?”

lowered her head in guilt and mumbled, “I’m sorry

head, his gaze warm. “There’s no need to apologize. You were just trying to help.”

continued their conversation during dinner, getting to know each

and Winona spent more

they found themselves dressed in the same traditional fishing village attire, standing by

weren’t for the fact that this was the uniform attire of the

frolicked, just like a young couple

and

on

him, a

of the girl next to him was dampened by the seawater,

you ever considered being in

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

in front of her. He looked

“Huh?”

caressing their cheeks, while the waves lapped against

Winona were similar

obsession that had lasted for those ten years.

senses, her heart inexplicably racing, a blush gradually spreading across her

really thought about being in a relationship…

and I can’t bring this misfortune upon you. I’m truly sorry. Your phone has been fixed. I’ll get it for

she finished speaking, Winona ran off in a flurry, leaving him with nothing but her

Charles gave a bitter

flushed. “Take a look. It seems like a lot of

countless call logs from Whitney, along with a barrage of

Are you