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

will you

taken aback, not expecting Charles to notice that she had

her composure and explained, “I only took your phone for repair because I saw it was broken. It might

of fish and offered it to her. “Why

lowered her head in guilt and mumbled, “I’m sorry for meddling with your phone

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

conversation during dinner, getting to know each other better.

spent more time together in the fishing

same traditional fishing village attire,

the uniform attire of the

like a young couple

splashed water at Winona, and she chased after him.

until they were completely exhausted, lying on the beach, panting heavily, and feeling

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

dampened by the seawater, sticking to her face,

asked, “Winona, have you ever considered being

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

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

“Huh?”

sea breeze gently blew, lightly caressing their cheeks, while the waves lapped against

found that many aspects of Winona were similar to

selfish, wanting to protect the obsession

her heart inexplicably racing, a

being in a relationship…

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

Winona ran off in a flurry, leaving

Charles gave a bitter smile and then

back home, Winona handed him his phone, looking flushed. “Take a look. It seems like a

countless call logs from Whitney, along with a

Are you okay? I’m