The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 855 A Gwendolyn Without Cedrick

Charles was stunned.

In the end, Winona waved her hand before him and asked in confusion, “Sir? Sir? Are you listening to what I’m saying?”

At that, Charles snapped back to reality. He took the medicine from her and gulped it down without hesitation.

He was well aware that if she had been sent by Leonardo, she would have killed him long ag instead of taking care of him until now.

After drinking the medicinal brew, a bit of brown liquid lingered at the corner of his mouth. Winona quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe away the stain.

She soon realized her behavior might have been inappropriate. She quickly explained, “Sir, this handkerchief is clean, it’s not a rag.”

Seeing her flushed cheeks, Charles weakly curled his lips into a teasing smile. “If I were to say your actions just now have charmed me, would you take responsibility?”

“Sir… I…”

Winona’s cheeks grew even redder, and she became more flustered.

Charles quickly clarified, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything else. Thank you for saving me. My name is Charles. What’s yours?

“W-Winona.”

Her cheeks remained as red as apples, and she grew more cautious in her movements.

In this state, she looked rather adorable.

At that moment, Charles found himself captivated by the girl before him, who bore a striking resemblance to Gwendolyn. His thoughts kept drifting.

Despite the unbearable pain from his gunshot wound, Charles mustered the strength to lift the quilt and discovered he was only in his underwear.

He was rendered speechless, his handsome brows furrowing with sudden embarrassment.

“Excuse me, could you please find me some clothes? I’d like to get out of bed and move around”

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men’s clothes at home. My parents passed away while they were at sea some time ago, and there aren’t many

Charles realized that she had only her

clearly been challenging for

Don’t worry, they’re clean,” Winona said as she handed Charles a set of dark-colored clothes. Her cheeks flushed slightly as she left the

room.

seemed a bit outdated.

from the room, he found a bowl of freshly cooked oatmeal waiting for him on the stove.

saying, “Your body needs nourishment. I’ll go catch some fish tomorrow to help you replenish.”

incredibly inviting to Charles, and he finished it in

age, it was impeccably clean, a testament to

and I rely on each other, and we don’t have much extra income. Having a house like this to live in is already quite good. You must be from a

words as she spoke about her simple life.

involuntarily focusing on

as though he saw a different person

rose from the chimney, and a faint medicinal aroma wafted from the firewood room.

dressed in a light green long dress, emitted a gentle and calming aura.

a fishing village, she managed to keep

the traditional medicine in a small pot, carefully uning it to be ready in a quarter of an hour With great care, she carried the medicinal soup

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gradually awakening to the sound of approaching footsteps, stirred from

eyes. In his

“Gwen… Gwen…”

light green attire, she seemed like Gwendolyn came to life before his eyes. Her graceful

thought, seemingly forgetting his surroundings, his identity, with only Gwendolyn before

was a Gwendolyn without Cedrick

I’ve been giving you these past few days were meant to detoxify

voice immediately brought Charles back from his chaotic reverie.

realized he mistook Winona

with memories of his decade-long companionship with Gwendolyn, likely due

for my earlier rudeness.” Charles quickly stood up, regaining his gentlemanly demeanor as he picked up the medicinal soup and downed

harm done,” Winona replied with

anything the fishing village needs my help with in the future, I’ll do my

refused his kindness. “It just so happens that we could