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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then. Goodnight,” Cedrick replied, finally giving

an early rest too. I’ll go

“Okay.”

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eyes, Gwendolyn gazed at him until his breathing slowed down before turning off the lights

she know, the supposedly asleep man opened his eyes the

seen through

hiding something from him, but the more she tried

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

he pondered the matter, he heard

noise, Cedrick

pulling out his phone to call Nico, who sounded

one go what you want me to do? How am

complaint, Cedrick lowered his voice and noted, “It

“No

up the night to

the finance

surge of

that! You’re the best boss

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

letting anyone touch even a strand of my hair, not

get ahead of yourself, boss. I’m straight, so I’m not

got out of jail.

“Right away, boss!”

into a deep sleep after pulling

seafood. A few hours then elapsed with him preparing a meal in the kitchen until he realized Gwendolyn was still not up, so he went to her room

when she felt exposed to the

hair sticking out of the blanket. From how still Cedrick was after getting into the blanket, he must

urge to play a prank on that man, so she closed her eyes and

not wake her, she leaned onto him suddenly

the gap in

man took a deep breath with his nose against the fair fullness