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 not say a word in

you some time to cool down and reflect

gazed at her, somewhat

under house arrest? Think of it as grounding. It’s

to address Cedrick. “Could you marshal some men who aren’t on active duty to surround this villa? I don’t want even

nodded decisively. “Very well,

batons. You have my permission to beat him up if he tries to

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

Treyton. “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 tried according to our family law.

I’m scared of a little

you pass out and spend the

clenched. He refused to say

arm around Cedrick’s,

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

Treyton watched as she and Cedrick entered the

car did

surrounded the villa as if they had rehearsed it and left

predisposed to negotiations but preferred to strike first instead.

was securely inside his house did

Inez showed up early the following morning at her office

relationship had lost some of its stiffness. Though far from being on good terms, they would exchange a

her secretary

spend the following two days coaching her

of the HR department

in,” she said without taking her attention off the documents

her permission, the two

poise and a handsome

did not so much as look

the secretary’s resume on her table. “This candidate is very well qualified, Ms. Mossey. You’ll like

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

appointments have to be made one week in advance 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

nodded. “Understood, Ms.