The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

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 and that 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 for you.”

“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 I guess there’s nothing substantial he can do.”

Here, Gwendolyn clenched her fists and changed the topic. “Anyway, it’s getting late, Ceddy. Get some rest 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. “If he knew S404 was the antidote, I am at his mercy. He has too big of a bargaining chip to ask for just this.”

“I mean…” Gwendolyn hesitated, forcing a smile to hide her uneasiness. “How would I know what he’s thinking? 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 found out 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 with Charles and planned on drawing more helpful information from the man to get hold of the antidote.

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

“But, Gwenny…”

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

“Goodnight, Ceddy.”

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replied, finally

I’ll go to

“Okay.”

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had snuggled down in his blanket and closed his eyes, Gwendolyn gazed at him until his breathing slowed down

the supposedly asleep man opened his

dark and cold eyes staring into the ceiling, it was apparent that Cedrick had seen through Gwendolyn–she was such a bad liar Cedrick could not help but

her behavior, he was confident that she was hiding something from him, but the more she tried to keep it to herself, the more Cedrick was convinced that Charles

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

heard the door

noise, Cedrick still caught

and closed the windows carefully before pulling out his phone

go what you want me to do? How am I supposed to sleep if you call every few

complaint, Cedrick lowered his voice and noted, “It seems like you don’t like

“No

it! I was just thinking about staying up the night to play some games

continued in a softer tone, “Count this as overtime. Go to the finance department and ask for double your rate

a surge of energy shooting through

that! You’re the

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I’ll never love you,” Cedrick dissed, the disgust apparent on his face from

touch even a strand of my hair, not even

boss. I’m straight, so

to investigate what Charles has been up to since he got out of jail. I want him apprehended at all costs. Don’t let Gwenny know about this. I have some questions for him, so

“Right away, boss!”

had fallen into a deep sleep after pulling

preparing a meal in the kitchen until he realized Gwendolyn was

shivered when she felt exposed to the cold air as Cedrick pulled

a head with neatly–cut black hair sticking out of the blanket. From how still Cedrick was after getting into the blanket, he must have thought

on that man, so she closed her eyes and

Cedrick slowly inched toward her to not wake her, she leaned onto him suddenly and hugged him tight,

head and peered at her through the gap in

deep breath with his nose against