Wooing My Ex-Wife

Charles took off his disposable gloves and observed his injured hand in the corridor.

He was about to go downstairs when he bumped into Gwendolyn coming back from the restroom at the corner.

Gwendolyn had just finished a video conference. She washed and sanitized her hands to prevent bringing bacteria from the computer mouse to Benedict before returning to the ward.

When she faced Charles, she immediately noticed the bloodstains on his hand. By the time Charles tried to hide his hand behind his back, it was already too late.

“You’re injured?” she asked.

Charles smiled casually and replied, “It’s nothing. I slipped and fell on my way here.”

Observant as always, Gwendolyn sensed something unusual about him. “Even if you really slipped, you wouldn’t have gotten such an injury given your skills. Don’t tell me that your hand happened to hit a nail on the ground as you fell.”

Charles chuckled. “You know me well, Gwen.”

“The laboratory has top-notch security measures and cleanliness. How is a sharp object like a nail going to end up on the floor? Don’t try to deceive me. What really happened?” Gwendolyn asked.

Charles shrugged indifferently. “It seems impossible to hide anything from you, Gwen.”

A few minutes later, when the door to the ward was slowly opened, Benedict, who was devouring a piece of durian, quickly threw the remaining of it into the trash and hastily wiped the corners of his mouth.

Gwendolyn entered the ward.

Although Benedict’s actions were swift, he still couldn’t escape Gwendolyn’s eyes.

“Is your meeting finished, Mommy? Actually, there’s no need for you to rush back here. I know your work is important. I’m already used to receiving the drip alone. I can handle it myself,” Benedict said.

Gwendolyn said nothing as she calmly walked to his bedside.

Her gaze inadvertently fell on the corner of his mouth, where there were still traces of durian flesh. The room was filled with the pungent smell of durian.

Benny clearly loves eating durian. Why did he throw away the remaining piece as soon as he saw me coming in?

silently took a tissue from the bedside table and

smiled obediently, his face

increasingly serious as a thought flashed across her mind. “Did

Charles quickly

can’t believe that he immediately went to tattle to you, Mommy! Why didn’t he tell you that

explained, “He didn’t tattle on you. I happened to meet him in the corridor, and I asked him. He insisted that he accidentally injured himself, and it had nothing to do with

to you. I know you the best. If you want to retaliate against him, he will surely comply with guilt. This is

Benedict remained silent.

Maybe I’ve thought too poorly of

considerate, being so

to reprimand me on behalf of Charles? Do you think I’m a naughty child who caused severe injuries to Charles’ hand? Are you going to punish

“Yes…” Gwendolyn sighed again.

and endure the pain. All I want is to make things difficult for Charles and to make

strong and rarely cried, had a

wide open

heart ached when she saw

was indeed extremely sensitive. She hadn’t said anything yet, but he

wasn’t going to reprimand or punish you, Benny. I know that you made three

response, Benedict looked up at

You’re not angry at all, Mommy?” he

the tip of his nose gently. “What’s there to be angry about? Charles caused your hospitalization, so you made him chop the durian and feel the pain

but now that he

was a tad surprised. “I thought

stand by you and Zendy. We have never thought of you as a bad child. Benny, at the age

unconditionally, you can’t go too far as to cause harm to someone’s life or hurt someone just because you don’t like them. In these extreme

it didn’t mean that

anyone. I won’t actively cause trouble, but I’m also not afraid of it when it is needed. These principles cannot

worry, Mommy. I understand. But Mommy… why

the room, she had been holding her breath while

could barely