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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an early rest too. I’ll go to the next room when

“Okay.”

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blanket and closed his eyes, Gwendolyn gazed at him until his breathing slowed down before turning off the lights and leaving for the

opened his

of dark and cold eyes staring into the ceiling, it was apparent that Cedrick had seen through Gwendolyn–she was such a bad liar Cedrick

she was hiding something from him, but the more she tried to keep

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 to find out

the matter, he heard the door clicking from

a faint noise, Cedrick still caught it in

his phone to call Nico, who sounded frustrated when

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

voice and noted, “It seems like

“No

night to

this as overtime. Go to the finance department and ask for double your rate for this. I don’t

surge of energy

I would never say that! You’re the

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

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

okay. Don’t get ahead of yourself, boss. I’m straight, so I’m not interested

cut to the chase. “I want you 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

“Right away, boss!”

into a deep sleep after pulling an all–nighter the day

few hours then elapsed with him preparing a meal in the kitchen until he realized Gwendolyn was still not up,

soundly, shivered when she felt exposed to the cold

moving around her, she opened her groggy eyes only to spot a head with neatly–cut black hair sticking out of the blanket. From how still Cedrick was after getting into the blanket, he must

play a prank on that man, so she closed

leaned onto him suddenly and hugged

gap in the

breath with his nose against the fair fullness showing faintly under