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.

was fuming, he did not

cool down and

somewhat hurt. “Are you

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

some men who aren’t on active duty

nodded decisively. “Very

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

to that, she would still be the one feeling sorry

more at 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

think I’m scared of a little

have you beaten up so severely that you pass out and spend the next two weeks in bed. By then, you would

He refused to say

her arm around Cedrick’s,

departing, she turned around and said, “Call me

as she

car did not

The smart-looking soldiers surrounded the villa as if they had rehearsed it and left

were not predisposed to negotiations but preferred to strike first instead. Forced back into his villa, Treyton shut the

his house did Gwendolyn and Cedrick disappear into

up early the

through with Kieran, their relationship had lost some of its stiffness. Though far from being on good terms, they would exchange a greeting when they bumped into

her secretary had

following two days coaching her

later, the manager of the HR department arrived with the

taking her attention off the

her permission, the

a handsome

not so much as

secretary’s resume on her table. “This candidate is very well

in typing. She did not look

office later than me. When I come in in the

nodded. “Understood, Ms.