The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 554 Game

After Gwendolyn roughly sorted out her thoughts, she quickly refocused and immersed herself in her

work.

The afternoon passed by in the blink of an eye. Twilight illuminated the sky outside and filtered in through the floor-to-ceiling window, casting its light on her beautiful profile.

Ever since she was diagnosed with mania, she had been visiting Joshua’s place every night for an IV drip for a week.

Her alarm for leaving work half an hour early hadn’t sounded yet, but her phone rang first.

She glanced at the screen and noticed it was a call from Jennifer.

As soon as Gwendolyn answered the call, she asked, “Did you run away from home again?”

Jennifer didn’t respond.

Sensing Jennifer’s silence, Gwendolyn probed further, “Or did you throw another tantrum? Where are you? Do you need to come out for a bit and have a chat?”

Jennifer replied, “No. I’ve been good these past few days. I’m just a little bored studying at home. I just finished memorizing the information and wanted to play a game with you. Are you free?”

Gwendolyn thought. Oh. She wants to play that Honor of Kings game.

She quite liked that game and had grown addicted to it because of Jennifer’s influence. “I was just about to finish up work. A round of that game doesn’t take long. The time should be just right for me to get off work after a few rounds. Let’s go.”

The two opened the voice chat in the game and started to play while conversing.

Initially, Gwendolyn planned to play only two or three rounds, but for some reason, her luck wasn’t good that day as all her teammates were newbies.

After losing three rounds in a row, the two became determined to win a game before logging off.

Eventually, it turned into a cycle of not giving up after a loss and wanting to play again after a win.

While gaming, Gwendolyn had her phone set to esports mode, automatically rejecting all calls and message notifications.

Meanwhile, Cedrick waited anxiously at home. He had dialed Gwendolyn’s number over ten times without getting through.

The twilight gradually faded as the sun dipped below the horizon, and the sky swiftly turned dark

Gwendolyn sat in her office chair and was absorbed in playing the game without switching on the lights.

abruptly sounded as the lights inside her office were turned on. Cedrick stood at the doorway,

Gwendolyn looked up. “Hubby, why did you come

“Working overtime?”

game interface. “So, this is

round of

plan to invest in next. I need to understand it in depth to make more informed investment

her and looked at the game interface. “You’re thinking of investing in the exports

internet age, so esports might be the future trend. I want to invest

never interfered

a wealthy man. She

thought, Cedrick wasn’t so upset anymore, assuming Gwendolyn was just testing

her, bent down to wrap his arms around her waist, and rested his chin lazily on her shoulder while watching her

announcement rang out,

said their goodbyes and hung

Cedrick and inquired about his view after he observed the gameplay, “What do you

the nook of her neck and took

unclear whether he was referring to the game

home and have our dinner,

to carry her in his arms and leave

Cedrick to play

up for a few fun rounds of

in games than women, and Cedrick was

in the game, he was determined to

ten rounds together. At around eleven o’clock at

and went upstairs to check on Benedict and Zendaya, who were sound asleep, before heading down to

Cedrick would hold Gwendolyn and refrain from falling into a deep sleep,

time, after days of working during the day and accompanying her to fight at night, he

until the next

checked the time,

hadn’t suffered

Gwendolyn, who was still sound asleep. This is such

rolled over to pin her beneath him, showering her with

slumber by his kisses. “What are you

working. You didn’t have an episode

“Really?”

first time she had slept through the night since her diagnosis. It had been a long while since she had gotten such quality and sufficient rest as an