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.

a click abruptly sounded as the lights inside her office were turned on. Cedrick stood

Gwendolyn looked up. “Hubby, why did you come here? I’m

“Working overtime?”

hastened over and pointed at her phone screen, which was displaying a game interface. “So, this is the overtime you’re doing at the company instead of

hadn’t finished the round

experiencing the project I plan to invest in next. I need to understand it in depth to

the game

might be the future trend. I want to invest money to create a club,

had never interfered

She had her own ambitions, and he would support whatever she wanted

wasn’t so upset anymore, assuming Gwendolyn was

stood behind her, bent down to wrap his arms around her waist, and rested his chin lazily on

the in-game victory announcement rang out,

girls said their goodbyes and hung

he observed the gameplay, “What do you think? Isn’t

nook of her neck and took a deep

referring to the game or

and have

to carry her in his arms

Cedrick

for a few fun rounds

desire to win in games than women, and Cedrick was no

invested in the game, he was determined to keep playing until he

together. At around eleven o’clock at night, they

and Zendaya, who were sound asleep, before heading down to the

Gwendolyn and refrain from falling into a deep sleep, silently waiting for her

days of working during the day and accompanying her to fight at night, he unknowingly dozed off alongside

slept until

by his subconscious. He immediately checked the time, realizing it

meant Gwendolyn hadn’t suffered

was still sound asleep. This is such

to pin her beneath

was abruptly roused from her slumber by his kisses. “What are

You didn’t have an

“Really?”

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