The Ex and Her Riches
Chapter 796

Chapter 796

She suppressed the faint smile at the corners of her mouth and gestured with her eyes toward the Legopieces on the ground.

“Are you asking me to kneel before you?” Cedrick asked.

“No.”

Cedrick swiftly took off his gray coat and casually threw it behind him. The coat landed perfectly on thecoat rack in the corner of the wall.

His pure white shirt fit snugly, outlining his waist perfectly, displaying his impeccable figure.

Without hesitation, he tucked a ruler into Gwendolyn’s hands, bent his knees, and knelt steadily on theLego pieces.

His eyebrows and eyes narrowed in pain. However, he quickly regained his composure. Gazing up atGwendolyn with his handsome face, he said, “It is I who should kneel before you.”

Nothing could convey his apology better than kneeling before his wife.

Gwendolyn was taken aback. She hadn’t expected him to suddenly drop to his knees and reached outto pull him up. “Why are you suddenly kneeling? Don’t your knees hurt? Get up.”

Cedrick shook his head. There was a hint of remorse in his eyes. “I’ve made a mistake.”

“What mistake?”

“I shouldn’t have lost you. I shouldn’t have deliberately smoked to provoke you,” Cedrick admitted.

Gwendolyn sighed. This incident was not his fault. Besides, the smoking matter had already beenaddressed back in the courtyard.

She suddenly felt a sensation around her calf as she was lost in her thoughts.

Lowering her gaze, she saw Cedrick’s arm encircling her leg. He bent his waist and gently rested hishead on her leg.

“You…”

“Gwenny, don’t move. Let me hold you for a while.”

His usually steady voice now carried noticeable hoarseness. Gwendolyn was stumped. She put awaythe ruler that he had handed her and gently patted his head to comfort him.

“I’m sorry. I wasn’t vigilant enough. On the day of your accident, I was even unhappy because youspoke up for Charles. Knowing that Joe has been on the run for so many years and is likely to seekrevenge against you, I failed to protect you in time, causing you to get injured and… lose your memory.I’m sorry. I’m really sorry…”

His voice trembled uncontrollably.

He was overwhelmed with frustration and self-blame.

Cedrick was eager to atone for his mistakes. Letting Gwendolyn punish him in accordance with thefamily rule was his way of seeking solace.

With reddened eyes, he desperately tried to control his emotions, only allowing his choked sobs to beheard before Gwendolyn, who had lost her memories. He didn’t wish to show his miserable self toGwendolyn, afraid she might be disdained to see him in this manner.

The emotions he had been trying to hold in for the past ten days broke free in a single, powerful instant.

There was nothing he could do but sob helplessly, causing his broad shoulders to tremble slightly.

Gwendolyn’s eyes also turned teary. She opened her mouth several times but couldn’t replace the rightwords to say.

After a moment of hesitation, she patted Cedrick’s back to soothe him and chose to speak the truth.“Cedrick, you are no saint. There will always be things that you might overlook. You’re not at fault forthis incident. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

“Can I… can I hug your waist?” he asked tentatively, still caught up in his emotions.

Gwendolyn had changed the way she addressed him.

Gwendolyn smiled wryly. “Of course.”

He released her calf and shifted his upper body. However, he didn’t move his knees away from theLego pieces. His forearm firmly held her waist as he took in her familiar scent.

After regaining his composure, Cedrick suddenly remembered what Gwendolyn said and quickly raisedhis head to look at her.

Their eyes met.

There was an unmistakable hint of tenderness in her eyes.

Cedrick furrowed his brows. “W-What did you just call me? Why aren’t you calling me Mr. Jensonanymore? Have you recalled the incident already?”

Gwendolyn nodded.

“You haven’t lost your memories?”

Gwendolyn nodded again.

“And what of the diagnosis from Fairlake Hospital?” he asked again.

A chuckle escaped her lips. “Have you forgotten what Kieran does? He’s the major shareholder of allthe hospitals in Salinsburgh. Besides, the neurologist at Fairlake Hospital is Kieran’s formerapprentice.”

It was a simple matter of a few words to have a diagnosis altered.

A frown pulled Cedrick’s features tighter. He cast a wary glance at her and said nothing.

Gwendolyn continued to explain herself, “It wasn’t my intention to deceive you. A hospital is a placefilled with gossip, and I thought it best to have them believe I genuinely had amnesia. This would lowertheir guard and aid you to better track down the culprit.”

She had planned to continue with the deceit, but Cedrick’s anguished manner tugged at herheartstrings, and she decided to reveal the truth.

Darling hasn’t lost her memories and forgotten about me! The revelation that Gwendolyn hadn’tforgotten him brought a wave of relief to Cedrick.

“So, you remember everything about the incident ten days ago?”

Gwendolyn nodded and started to recount the incident, “I was on my way to pick up Zendy fromkindergarten when I ran into Tanya, Kieran’s former patient. I told you about her. Do you rememberthat?”

“Yes.”

“She flagged down my car near the bridge, asking for a ride. She was alone and seemed like a fragilewoman, so I agreed. As we drove through Bluebay Tunnel, she removed her hat and mask. To my

astonishment, she looked identical to me. I realized that this was likely a plot against you andimmediately tried to contact you. However, she surprisingly had a signal jammer and was reporting mylocation to her accomplice. Suddenly, several large vehicles sped up and tried to corner me. Left withno choice, I veered off the road, plunging down a slope…”

Cedrick tensed up and tightened his grip around her waist. “And then?”

“Thanks to the airbags, I was unscathed and came to quite quickly. I ran along a small canyon path, butthe culprit had already blocked all the routes out. I had to go the other way, heading for the cover of thecountryside…”

Cedrick listened quietly as he mentally calculated the distance between Bluebay Tunnel and themountain where Megan lived.

Since there was not a clear path, it would be quite far if one was driving.

However, if she had been on foot, the distance of crossing the two mountains would actually beconsiderably shorter.

“But then there was a torrential downpour, and someone was doggedly pursuing me. The country pathsturned into slippery mud, and I stumbled, rolling from the mountain down to a brook in a forest, where arock hit the back of my head, knocking me out. When I woke up, I had been rescued by Megan, but Iwas soaked through and feverish from spending the night in the rain. I slipped in and out ofconsciousness and lost my voice. After a couple of days, I woke up to see Megan hiding a bag of goldbars under the floor tiles, which was really strange for a woman living in such a modest house. Itquickly dawned on me that I had been betrayed, and my location had been exposed. To ensure mysafety, I decided to pretend to have lost my memories to keep them off guard,” Gwendolyn said.

Cedrick was horrified by what she had gone through. “So that’s what happened.”

He pulled out his phone to call Swain, who was still searching the mountains.

“Check out the old house on the mountain, especially the bedrooms. Pry open the floor tiles. Check ifMegan has any family photos around. Don’t overlook any suspicious evidence. Photograph everythingand bring them back to me personally at Federal Bureau of Investigation.”

After giving his instructions, he hung up, nestling his head in Gwendolyn’s lap like a languid, pamperedcat.

“Gwenny, so you didn’t choose Charles because you didn’t lose your memories?”

Gwendolyn ran her fingers gently down the back of his neck and chuckled softly. “Charles was tooquick to arrive. Even you couldn’t replace my location. Given that he’s only involved in business mattersnow, and yet he was the first to locate me, surely something is amiss. I suspected he might be incahoots with him, so I tried to sound him out a few times.”

“So, what did you replace out?” he asked.