Wooing My Ex-Wife

His eyes turned scarlet. He clutched Gwendolyn’s wrist, not noticing that he was gripping her so tightly that her skin was turning pale.

Cedrick shoved him away, wrapped Gwendolyn in his arms, and massaged her wrist.

Gwendolyn sighed. Her tone was stern as she said, “You acted rashly tonight, Treyton. I understand how you must be feeling, but I don’t agree with you giving away fifteen percent of the company’s shares to the Newton family.”

Treyton gaped at her in disbelief. “For all your talk about being sisters with Jennifer, you won’t even save her when she’s in trouble. When have you become so unfeeling, Gwendolyn?”

“Me, unfeeling?”

Gwendolyn was incredulous. Her rage began to boil.

As Treyton had had a traumatic night, she did her best to remain patient. “I don’t want to hold a grudge against somebody who can’t think straight. We’ll talk about this tomorrow.”

Treyton’s gaze grew cold.

Everything that had happened at the party had lost him his wits. “I’ll do it myself if you won’t. My shares, my call.”

He turned to go, but Gwendolyn had enough. Done with coddling him, she dashed forward and slapped him across the face.

Smack!

The crisp slap echoed in the air.

As she had used her full strength, Treyton’s face tilted to the side, and a red imprint of her hand appeared instantly on his cheek. He stared at her, dumbstruck.

Cedrick, too, was stunned. He remained rooted to the spot.

Massaging his stinging cheek, Treyton fumed, “How dare you hit me, Gwendolyn?”

Faced with his accusatory glare, Gwendolyn raised her chin defiantly.

“I’m not hitting you as your little sister but as the head of the Harris family. Now would you calm down? Can you listen to me?”

She looked stern, like the head of the family she was.

he did

Treyton. I’ll give you some time to cool down and

was in disbelief. He gazed at her, somewhat hurt. “Are you

family. How could I place you under house arrest? Think of it as grounding. It’s your punishment for speaking so rudely to

turned to address Cedrick. “Could you marshal some men who aren’t on active duty to surround this

decisively.

arm every single one of them with batons. You have my permission to beat him up if he tries to sneak

Cedrick suppressed his laughter. If it came to that, she would still be the

“I am now the head of the family, and everybody must obey me with no exceptions. If you won’t, we’re going to the ancestral hall and I will have you

snorted. “You think I’m scared of a little

you pass out and spend the next two weeks in bed. By then, you would only be able to watch the broadcast of Jennifer’s engagement party.

refused to

around Cedrick’s, Gwendolyn

turned around and said, “Call me when you’ve calmed

stood, Treyton watched as she and Cedrick

the car did

smart-looking soldiers surrounded the villa as

strike first instead. Forced back into his villa, Treyton

house did

most other days, Inez showed up early the following morning at

some of its stiffness. Though far from being on good terms, they would exchange a greeting when they bumped into each other at

health reasons, her secretary had

the following

later, the manager of the HR department arrived with the new

without taking her attention

the two figures

the manager had an imposing poise and a handsome face. He had a presence

Inez did not so

manager placed the secretary’s resume on her table. “This

grunted in response, engrossed in typing. She did not look at the documents beside

with the exception of special circumstances. You cannot arrive at the office later than me. When I come in in the morning, I expect a fresh cup of coffee on my desk…” She went on for over a minute without even looking up. “Got it?” she

man nodded. “Understood,