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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Cedrick replied, finally

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

“Okay.”

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him until his breathing slowed down before turning

little did she know, the supposedly asleep man opened

apparent that Cedrick had seen through Gwendolyn–she was such a bad liar Cedrick could not help

from 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 had asked for something valuable from

did not want to burden Gwendolyn any further, for it was already too much to put her through all the suffering

he heard the door clicking from the

was just a faint noise, Cedrick still caught it in

before pulling out his phone to call Nico, who sounded frustrated when he picked up

third time you have called. Can’t you tell me in one go what you want me to do?

noted, “It seems like you don’t like

“No

staying up the night to play some games while I wait for your orders,”

a moment and continued in a softer tone, “Count this as overtime. Go to the finance

suddenly felt a surge of energy shooting through his

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

belong to Gwenny. I’m not letting anyone touch even a

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

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

“Right away, boss!”

had fallen into a deep sleep after

early and bought some seafood. A few hours then elapsed with him preparing a meal in the kitchen until he realized Gwendolyn was still not up,

who had been sleeping soundly, shivered when she felt exposed to the cold air as Cedrick

someone 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

that

not wake her, she leaned onto him

and peered at her through the gap in the blanket, but Gwendolyn seemed asleep still,

breath with his nose against the