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.

raised his head. His heart gave a lurch when he

“What are you doing?”

toward her and snatched the ruler from her hand. Then, he inspected her

red mark had immediately appeared

gently, and his eyes

could you hurt yourself? If you’re upset, you can hit me! I won’t resist. You can’t hurt

didn’t discover what she was trying to do

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 would not be any less than physical pain.

and applied anti-inflammatory cream on her injury. He apologized and said earnestly, “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have thought about hiding it from you. From

make an oath,”

you from now on. I’ll take good care of myself and

“I want you to swear that if you break your promise, your

insane? Why do you have to be so harsh

oath you will remember to

now, so she would never allow him

I’ll never swear on

was no room for compromise on this

knew Gwendolyn would never give

Gwendolyn’s embrace,

promise there’s

lowered her head,

I didn’t have the confidence to survive those eighty whips today. I still

up when we got home! How dare you try to

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

reddened, and his tone was soft. He

Gwendolyn remained silent.

didn’t refuse, he boldly lifted the blanket and tucked

next day, Gwendolyn was rudely woken up

reached for her phone and glanced at it groggily. Since it was an

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