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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now, how will you

expecting Charles to notice that she had secretly taken his phone.

I saw it was broken. It might take some time to fix. You’re

and offered it to her. “Why would I be

and mumbled, “I’m sorry for meddling with your phone without permission.”

his gaze warm. “There’s no need to apologize.

during dinner, getting to know each other better.

spent more

same traditional fishing village attire, standing by the

uniform attire of the fishing village, people might have mistaken them for a couple.

teased and frolicked, just like a young couple in

water at Winona, and

exhausted, lying on

looked at the panting girl beside him, a flicker of unusual emotion flashing in his

eyes.

to him was dampened by the seawater, sticking

asked, “Winona, have you ever considered

“Love? I do envy Sera from our village. She and her boyfriend are indeed very affectionate.

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for love, Charles abruptly stood up, blocking the sunlight in front of her. He looked at her seriously and said, “So… what if I would

“Huh?”

cheeks, while the waves lapped against

Charles found that many aspects of Winona were similar to

selfish, wanting to protect the obsession that had lasted for those ten

her senses, her heart inexplicably racing, a blush gradually

never really thought about being in a relationship…

expression. “I’m unfortunate, and I can’t bring this misfortune upon you. I’m truly sorry. Your

she finished speaking, Winona ran off in a flurry, leaving him with nothing but

a bitter smile and

go

Winona handed him his phone, looking flushed. “Take a look. It seems like a lot of people have been calling

unlocked his phone, only to find countless call logs

Where on earth are you? Are you okay?