The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 856 Taking Responsibility

“You’ve worked hard today, so why don’t you stay for dinner tonight?”

Charles instinctively reached out and gently held Winona’s wrist. He stared at her meaningfully, causing Winona to feel a bit flustered, and her cheeks flushed red.

She managed to free her wrist from his grasp. With a coy glance, she lifted her skirt, turned, and playfully ran off into the distance.

Observing her retreating figure, a faint smile played at the corners of Charles’ lips as he followed her.

Under the guise of a life-saving favor, all of Winona’s advances became reasonable.

When dinner time arrived, Winona prepared a large table filled with exquisite dishes.

Since they were in a fishing village, the table featured an array of dishes made from fish. prepared in various ways.

As Charles surveyed the feast, he recalled Winona mentioning that she and her grandmother were all each other had. However, during his few days here, he had not yet seen the elderly woman, sparking his curiosity.

“Winona, doesn’t your grandmother live here?”

Winona, who was in the middle of serving food, paused for a moment. She replied, “My grandmother often treats sick fishermen in the village. If she hasn’t finished helping a family yet, she won’t return home. Is there a reason you want to meet her?”

With a sweet smile, Winona deliberately let her hair graze against Charles’ cheek as she served him food.

“I was just curious. It’s been a while since I last saw her.”

Winona changed the subject, asking, “Now that you’ve tasted my cooking, what kind of impression do you have of me?”

Charles smiled. “You’re as pure and innocent as Cinderella in the fairy tales.”

Winona blushed slightly at the compliment.

“You have a way with words. But you’ve been here for quite some time. Aren’t your family worried about you? What do you do for a living?”

In response to Winona’s probes, Charles replied, “You know, you took my phone for repairs

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I leave now, how will you

to notice that

and explained, “I only took your phone for repair because I saw it was broken. It might take some time to

of fish and offered it to her. “Why would

head in guilt and mumbled, “I’m sorry

need to apologize. You were just

continued their conversation during dinner, getting to know each

more time

dressed in the same traditional fishing village attire, standing by the

weren’t for the fact that this was the uniform attire of the

teased and frolicked, just like a young couple in

water at Winona, and she chased after

completely exhausted, lying on the beach, panting heavily, and feeling

a flicker of unusual emotion flashing in

eyes.

him was dampened by the

“Winona, have you ever considered

our village. She and her boyfriend are indeed very affectionate. However,

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of her. He looked at her seriously and said, “So… what if I would like to be your

“Huh?”

caressing their cheeks, while the

that many aspects of Winona were similar to Gwendolyn.

wanting to protect the obsession that had

her senses, her heart inexplicably racing, a blush

never really thought about being in a relationship…

her composure, Winona’s face revealed a pained expression. “I’m unfortunate, and I can’t bring this misfortune upon you.

speaking, Winona ran off in a flurry, leaving him with nothing but her retreating figure.

Charles gave a bitter

go

phone, looking flushed. “Take a look.

find countless call logs from Whitney, along with a barrage

earth are you? Are you