Wooing My Ex-Wife

Cedrick raised his head and looked at her, his eyes sparkling with delight.

After a moment, he lowered his gaze and said, “Wouldn’t it be better not to do it now? Getting the marriage certificate at this critical juncture might invite gossip and unnecessary trouble for you.”

“We can have a private wedding first and keep it a secret from others,” she suggested. “Besides, our lives should be lived for ourselves, not to please others.”

After Cedrick contemplated for a while, his eyes lit up with joy again.

“You’re right, Gwenny. We should live our lives on our own terms.”

He flashed a mischievous smile and continued, “Tomorrow is a good day. Shall we go and register our marriage early in the morning?”

Gwendolyn playfully tapped his forehead. “All right, as you wish.”

Cedrick stood before her, his heart filled with excitement about their upcoming official union. He hugged her leg and rested his head against her thigh, reveling in their intimacy.

In return, Gwendolyn tenderly caressed the back of his head, allowing him to nuzzle against her.

Suddenly, her phone on the bedside table rang.

The caller was Ezra.

She had an ominous feeling about receiving calls in the wee hours of the night.

When the call connected, it wasn’t Ezra’s voice that greeted her.

A man’s voice, tinged with a hint of breathlessness as if he had just completed a workout, spoke on the line.

“Hello, Ms. Harris. I work for Boss, and my codename is Midnight. I tried to call him multiple times, but he didn’t pick up. I had no choice but to use your bodyguard’s phone to contact you and Boss.”

Gwendolyn had put the call on speaker mode, allowing Cedrick to hear their conversation.

He stood up to retrieve his own phone, only to discover that it had been set to silent mode. There were over a dozen missed calls from Midnight.

Cedrick

on Evelyn, made an unexpected call to Gwendolyn using Ezra’s phone.

to

of the incident to Gwendolyn

“The river current is rapid. Evelyn is injured, so she couldn’t have gone far. Tonight, I will send members of the Shadow Bell to assist you in the search. We must

Ms. Harris,”

in a solemn silence

the windowpane and sneered, “She never learned her lesson; now she’s trying to escape. Cedrick, do you think Asher has

been devoted to his scripture studies at the ancestral hall. Ever since you dealt with Evelyn, he hasn’t cared about

deep thought again, he gently scooped her up and carried her to the bathroom. He said warmly, “Gwenny, let’s set aside those thoughts for now. We should wait until we locate her before jumping to conclusions. Tonight, let’s indulge in a relaxing bath together, and tomorrow, we’ll approach the registry

neck and nuzzled into his chest. “I’m

on her forehead. “You helped me to bathe when I was

referring to that

naughty that day and tried to

him to

were dark secrets that shouldn’t be brought up or known by anyone

leaned closer to his ear and blew a teasing breath. Her

to test your self-control today,

for a moment before saying in frustration, “Gwenny, men easily

woman onto the toilet seat in the

mean to say that men can’t resist temptation? Does that mean

walked up to her and crouched again; his dark eyes were filled with a

and placed

like this. Moreover, it’s sensitive to you. It’ll succumb to your teasing. Look at what

pursed her lips

it does seem like it wants to be eaten,” she

deep and lusty eyes fixed on her with anticipation. “So, Gwenny, can you

pointed to her abdomen. “What do you

her response, Cedrick

me tonight, Gwenny. Be good and

with the water temperature, he took the bath soap suited for pregnant women and threw it