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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I don’t have many men’s clothes at home. My parents passed away while they were at sea

she had only her grandmother to

been challenging

a look at these clothes and see if they fit. 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.

attire seemed a

from the room, he found a bowl of freshly

nourishment. I’ll go catch some fish tomorrow to

plain oatmeal smelled incredibly inviting to Charles, and he finished it in just a

age, it was impeccably clean, a testament to

the house, Winona lowered her head and said, “My grandmother and I rely on each other, and we don’t have much extra income. Having a house like this to live in is

words as she spoke about her simple

eyes involuntarily focusing on

he saw

at the crack of dawn, black smoke rose from the chimney,

dressed in a light green long dress, emitted a

a fishing village, she managed to keep herself neat

carefully uning it to be ready in a quarter of an hour With great care, she

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gradually awakening to the sound of approaching footsteps, stirred from

eyes. In his daze, he saw a

“Gwen… Gwen…”

to life before his eyes. Her graceful curves resembled a beautiful flower

entranced by her radiant charm, lost in thought, seemingly forgetting his surroundings, his identity, with

a Gwendolyn without Cedrick

you these past few days were

immediately brought Charles back from his chaotic

he realized he

of his decade-long companionship with Gwendolyn,

my earlier rudeness.” Charles quickly stood up, regaining his gentlemanly demeanor as he picked

no harm done,” Winona replied with a faint

recovered now, all thanks to you. If there’s ever anything the fishing village needs

kindness. “It just so happens that we could use more help on the