The Ex and Her Riches
Chapter 306

Chapter 306

Chapter 306 I Am Not Afraid Of You

Cedrick’s frown deepened when she did not speak. “Gwenny?”

Snapping back to her senses, she explained firmly, “My gut feeling tells me he’s hiding something andthat there is more to this than meets the eye. I sent the

from him to the laboratory to be tested, and they said everything like he genuinely found a cure foryou.”

“What did he ask in return when he gave you the cure?”

“Bail him out. He wants his freedom back.”

“That’s all?” Cedrick was suspicious.

Cine I received the with it. It seems

“You’re right, but I don’t know his ulterior motive. Regardless, he has no one to help him out now, so Iguess there’s nothing substantial he can do.”

Here, Gwendolyn clenched her fists and changed the topic. “Anyway, it’s getting late, Ceddy. Get somerest first. We’ll think about this tomorrow.”

Despite her trying to digress from the subject, Cedrick was adamant about getting to the bottom of it. “Ifhe knew S404 was the antidote, I am at his mercy. He has too big of a bargaining chip to ask for justthis.”

“I mean…” Gwendolyn hesitated, forcing a smile to hide her uneasiness. “How would I know what he’sthinking? He probably has a plan cooked up but didn’t tell me about it.”

She had already decided to keep the other two terms she agreed to from Cedrick, for if the latter foundout about it, he would utterly knock back the idea of injecting the cure Charles

gave.

Moreover, she needed more time to consider her strategy moving forward regarding dealing withCharles and planned on drawing more helpful information from the man to get hold of the antidote.

When Cedrick was bent on replaceing out more, she rubbed her tense shoulders and looked at him withtired eyes, saying, “Why don’t we leave this for some other time, Ceddy? I’m so tired. It’s been a longday.”

“But, Gwenny…”

Looking at the persistent man, Gwendolyn held his face and kissed his thin lips, a gesture thathappened to be their bedtime ritual.

“Goodnight, Ceddy.”

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“All right, then. Goodnight,” Cedrick replied, finally giving in under her listless gaze.

“You take an early rest too. I’ll go to the next room when you’re asleep.”

“Okay.”

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While he had snuggled down in his blanket and closed his eyes, Gwendolyn gazed at him until hisbreathing slowed down before turning off the lights and leaving for the next room.

But little did she know, the supposedly asleep man opened his eyes the moment she shut the doorbehind her.

From the pair of dark and cold eyes staring into the ceiling, it was apparent that Cedrick had seenthrough Gwendolyn–she was such a bad liar Cedrick could not help but notice the minute details in herbody language.

Judging from her behavior, he was confident that she was hiding something from him, but the more shetried to keep it to herself, the more Cedrick was convinced that Charles had asked for somethingvaluable from her.

But at the same time, he did not want to burden Gwendolyn any further, for it was already too much toput her through all the suffering because of him, so at that moment, he decided to replace out the truthhimself.

As he pondered the matter, he heard the door clicking from the next room.

Although it was just a faint noise, Cedrick still caught it in the night’s quietness.

Quickly, he got out of bed and closed the windows carefully before pulling out his phone to call Nico,who sounded frustrated when he picked up since he had barely fallen asleep.

“Seriously? This is the third time you have called. Can’t you tell me in one go what you want me to do?How am I supposed to sleep if you call every few hours?”

At the complaint, Cedrick lowered his voice and noted, “It seems like you don’t like your job.”

“No

way. I love it! I was just thinking about staying up the night to play some games while I wait for yourorders,” Nico replied.

Cedrick paused for a moment and continued in a softer tone, “Count this as overtime. Go to the financedepartment and ask for double your rate for this. I don’t want you saying I mistreat you.”

Nico suddenly felt a surge of energy shooting through his body.

“Oh, no! I would never say that! You’re the best boss ever, and I love you so much!”

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“Don’t fall for me. I’ll never love you,” Cedrick dissed, the disgust apparent on his face from his frown.

I belong to Gwenny. I’m not letting anyone touch even a strand of my hair, not even if it’s a man.

“Um, okay. Don’t get ahead of yourself, boss. I’m straight, so I’m not interested in you.”

Fed up with the nonsense, Cedrick cut to the chase. “I want you to investigate what Charles has beenup to since he got out of jail. I want him apprehended at all costs. Don’t let Gwenny know about this. Ihave some questions for him, so ensure you get him fast.”

“Right away, boss!”

Meanwhile, Gwendolyn had fallen into a deep sleep after pulling an all–nighter the day before.

When morning came, Cedrick woke up early and bought some seafood. A few hours then elapsed withhim preparing a meal in the kitchen until he realized Gwendolyn was still not up, so he went to herroom and crept into her bed lightly.

Gwendolyn, who had been sleeping soundly, shivered when she felt exposed to the cold air as Cedrickpulled her warm blanket aside.

Sensing someone moving around her, she opened her groggy eyes only to spot a head with neatly–cutblack hair sticking out of the blanket. From how still Cedrick was after getting into the blanket, he musthave thought she was still asleep.

Giggling, Gwendolyn felt the urge to play a prank on that man, so she closed her eyes and pretendedto sleep.

When Cedrick slowly inched toward her to not wake her, she leaned onto him suddenly and huggedhim tight, pulling him into her embrace.

Caught by surprise, Cedrick raised his head and peered at her through the gap in the blanket, butGwendolyn seemed asleep still, so he buried his head in her chest.

The man took a deep breath with his nose against the fair fullness showing faintly under her sleepinggown.

Mm! She smells so good! This is way better than ten cigarettes.

His action rendered Gwendolyn speechless.

Trying to do perverted things to me, huh? Well, I can do that too. I’m not afraid of you.

With that thought in mind, she lowered her hands from his shoulders, moving past his waist and goingall the way down to his muscular bottom, where she squeezed his cheeks with all

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her strength.

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“Mm! You little snack. You feel good!” she moaned, trying to suppress her laughter.

Little snack?

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Cedrick, who was just about to continue discreetly taking in the woman’s scent, suddenly felt alarmed.

She’s never called me that before. It’s always Ceddy. Don’t tell me she’s fantasizing about someoneelse while holding me. Does this mean she actually minds my disease despite what she said?

Cedrick’s stamina was deteriorating because of his condition, so it went without saying that that wouldaffect their sex life.

While Gwendolyn was doing her best not to burst out laughing, the man in her embrace stiffened, andshe felt the air tense.

Alerted, Gwendolyn sat up and pulled the blanket away, but Cedrick turned to another side instantlyand rolled into a ball with his back against her, holding his head.

Because Gwendolyn could not see his expression, she could only poke his back with her finger.

“Ceddy?”

Cedrick took a few deep breaths, his back heaving.

“You… Are you seeing someone else?” he asked. With his face buried between his arms, his usuallydeep voice sounded whiny.