The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

The slap was not too hard, and it carried with it a hint of affection.

Gwendolyn’s eyes crinkled as she looked at him. “Excuse me? Just exactly who’s the one getting tortured? Didn’t you promise me four hundred and fifty-nine push-ups? Are you going to go back on your word?” She smacked his butt again. “Come on. You made a promise.”

Cedrick got into the perfect push-up form again by straightening his tired and trembling arms.

“Three hundred and fifty-seven. Carry on.” Gwendolyn’s voice sounded behind him.

Realization finally dawned on Cedrick. She knew the number all along and was playing with me on purpose. Hmph! What a bad woman.

He shook his head helplessly. Well, there’s nothing I can do about it. She’s the wife I put so much effort into getting back. I’ve got to dote on her no matter what.

“Three hundred and fifty-eight.”

That morning, the sound of Cedrick counting the number of push-ups came from the room.

Zoey would occasionally cast the tightly shut door a suspicious glance whenever she passed it by.

Nonetheless, she knew it was inappropriate to ask about the couple’s private matters.

Over in the bedroom, Cedrick could be heard forcing the words out breathlessly. “Four hundred… and fifty-nine…”

As if he had accomplished a mission, Cedrick let out a sigh and slumped weakly to the ground.

I don’t want to do push-ups again for the rest of my life.

Gwendolyn got up and spotted a darker patch on his black pants.

She chuckled in amusement. “Ceddy, you must’ve sweated a lot. Even your butt’s wet.”

Cedrick touched the wet spot, only to see a red stain on his fingers.

He turned around in bewilderment and noticed Gwendolyn’s pale complexion.

“Gwenny, it’s your b-blood…”

The smile on Gwendolyn’s face vanished as she stared at his fingers unblinkingly. She rubbed her belly and quickly realized something.

felt so sore. It’s

became pregnant, so much so that she had

“Sorry for dirtying your pants, Ceddy. But it looks like you won’t be able to have fun for another six days or so. You should accept

got to his feet despite feeling drained from the push-ups and carried her to the bathroom. They showered together and

later, Gwendolyn’s belly was beginning to

the sex have any effect on

every nerve in

to the

pain and drowsiness got

furrowed and her eyes shut tightly as she endured the discomfort that

a cup of chamomile tea. He blew on it and brought the cup to

the pain was not

at the same time. If only I could

why don’t you take

suggestion. “I’m still breastfeeding. The babies need me. I can’t simply take medicines or it’ll

you can’t keep enduring it

with it for a while.

out a sigh. He could not bear to see her suffer, but

looked up on the internet for solutions. After reading the suggestions given by the netizens, he

gently massaged her belly while warming it with the warm water bottle. He never

half-closed eyelids, she could see him using different hands to massage her belly. Whenever a hand was tired, he would switch it with the other and relax the sore wrist before continuing

obviously exhausted, and Gwendolyn felt bad about it. “Ceddy, you can stop massaging. I’ll be fine after getting

stop. “It’s okay. You can sleep while I massage

Okay, then.

was too tired to convince him otherwise. Her eyes

felt that her pain seemed to

not stop there. He crawled under the covers beside her and

before he, too, fell

her sleep, but it did not wake Cedrick. Still, his hands

that, the

Inez had been avoiding Kieran ever since he interrupted her last

up and left the house at different times. They never met each other,

anxious. However, she did not dare to take

returned to the hotel

as he turned on his phone, messages