Wooing My Ex-Wife by Mr. Adeel

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 find me later?”

expecting Charles to notice

because I saw it was broken. It might take some time to

a piece of fish and offered it to her.

lowered her head in guilt and mumbled, “I’m sorry

gaze warm. “There’s no need to apologize. You were just trying to help.”

their conversation during dinner, getting to know each other

more time together in the

they found themselves dressed in the same

of the fishing village, people might

frolicked, just like a young couple in love.

Winona, and she chased after

were completely exhausted, lying on the

panting girl beside him, a

eyes.

next to him was dampened by the seawater, sticking

asked, “Winona, have you ever considered being in

thought. “Love? I do envy Sera from our village. She and her boyfriend are indeed very affectionate. However, I haven’t considered

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of her. He looked at her seriously and said, “So… what

“Huh?”

cheeks, while the

of Winona were similar to Gwendolyn. He

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

regained her senses, her heart inexplicably racing, a blush gradually spreading

really thought about being in

misfortune upon you. I’m

flurry, leaving him with

panicked expression, Charles gave a bitter smile

go

“Take a look. It seems

unlocked his phone, only to find countless call logs from Whitney, along with a barrage of messages.

are you? Are you okay?