It had been a long time since she had been so cold to him.

Gwendolyn said nothing in response because that matter was still making her heart pound.

If Summer didn’t tell her in time and if she didn’t make her driver run all the red lights to get there, she didn’t dare to imagine how injured Cedrick would have been if he were whipped eighty times.

She still clearly remembered the miserable state Xander was in after his punishment.

She couldn’t imagine how devastated she would be if she got there slightly later. How could he not cherish himself? What happened to the promise he made to me? Did he forget so quickly?

If she didn’t teach him a lesson, he would definitely hide his injuries again!

She pondered for a while before she grabbed his hand and headed upstairs.

Cedrick could clearly sense the chill radiating off Gwendolyn, so he followed her into the room silently.

“Stand here.”

She pointed to the carpet at the foot of the bed.

Although Cedrick didn’t know what she was planning to do, he stood there obediently and looked at her.

Gwendolyn walked to the bedside table and opened the top drawer.

Upon seeing this, Cedrick lowered his head as he knew what was going to happen. He waited for his wife to punish him.

However, Gwendolyn didn’t approach him after taking the ruler out of the drawer.

She rolled up her left sleeve, revealing her slender wrist.

across her eyes as she hit her wrist with

A dull thud sounded.

a lurch when he realized she had

“What are you doing?”

the ruler from her hand. Then,

mark had immediately appeared

injury gently, and

you’re pregnant! How could you hurt yourself? If you’re upset,

he didn’t discover what

one who got injured. Cedrick, if you were whipped today, I’d have felt even more distressed than you! You would have been on the brink of death because of the whipping! The pain in my heart

and said earnestly, “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have thought about hiding it from you.

to make

never hide anything from you from now on. I’ll take good care of myself and avoid getting hurt. Also, I’ll discuss everything

stared at him in dissatisfaction. “I want you to swear that

Why do you have to

oath you will remember to abide

she would never allow

I’ll never swear on your

no room for compromise on

would never give

snuggled into Gwendolyn’s embrace, pouted, and acted

I promise there’s no

her

have the confidence to survive those eighty whips today. I

you up when we got home!

don’t want to hurt you, so I won’t get hurt from now on. However, if you want me to swear on your and our children’s lives, I really can’t do it! I just escaped from the ancestral

soft. He slowly leaned in and kissed her

Gwendolyn remained silent.

he boldly lifted the blanket and tucked her

next day, Gwendolyn was rudely woken

glanced at it groggily. Since it was an unknown number, she didn’t

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