The Ex and Her Riches
Chapter 540 Mania Acting Up Again

Chapter 540 Mania Acting Up Again 

Cedrick stopped blowing on the soup, stunned for a moment. However, he quickly returned to hissenses.

“Darling, did you forget! Last night, you said the bedside lamp was too bright and asked me to take itaway. You also told me not to put something like that near the bed anymore.”

Gwendolyn was dumbfounded.

“Why can’t I remember anything? Besides, that lamp wasn’t even that bright. Why did I think it wasblinding?”

Cedrick smiled warmly as he continued to blow on the spoonful of soup. He brought it to her mouth andasked, “How should I know? A woman’s mind is an unfathomable thing. You’ve been exhausted fromwork lately, so you might not have cared about small matters like these. It’s normal to forget about itafter waking up.

Is that normal? I don’t think sof Gwendolyn felt it was strange. Although deep in thought, she obedientlyopened her mouth to let Cedrick feed her

Cedrick stared at her fondly and tenderly while his hands continued to stir the soup to cool it down.

While Gwendolyn ate, her gaze drifted over to the other side of the bed. The strange feeling in herheart increased. “Hubby, why is your bedside lamp still there?”

To a perfectionist like her, if she were to remove the bedside lamp on her side, she would also haveCedrick’s removed since the bedroom would look weird with only one lamp. Why would I remove onlyone bedside lamp because it was blinding!

Cedrick remained calm as he coaxed her, “Darling, I’ll take it away later if you don’t like it.”

I will not put arry more dangerous items on the bedside tables. If possible, I want to me Gunny’sdresser out of the bedroom too. We don’t need anything else but this bed.

However, he could only keep his thoughts to himself.

Seeing that Gwendolyn was still ruminating over the unusual situation in the room, Cedrick held outanother spoonful of soup. “All right, Gwenny. It’s just a small matter. You don’t have to get worked upover it. You have a lot of work to complete today, right? It’s almost one in the afternoon. I’ll send you toHarris Group after you’re done eating”

“It’s almost one!*

At that point. Gwendolyn was beginning to grow doubtful about her life. Why do I sleep until noon everyday? Why would either have a headache or feel exhausted when I wake up? Why don’t I make up inbetween?

Cedrick quickly fed her more food to stop her from further thinking of the recent mysterious events.

Gwendolyn obediently finished the bowl of food. After that, she laid down on the bed while Cedrickgave her a massage.

The soreness she felt all over her body was soon relieved. She sat up and wrapped her slim armsaround Cedrick’s slender waist.

Since his waist had injuries from the whipping last night, Cedrick trembled slightly in pain as hescrunched his eyebrows

Afraid that Gwendolyn would notice his odd demeanor, he forced himself to keep a neutral expression.He straightened his back and endured the pain as she hugged him.

Gwendolyn gently pecked his lips. “My husband is so considerate. If you continue to spoil me like this,I’ll become a spoiled brat who doesn’t know how to do anything herself.”

Cedrick leaned forward and lightly rubbed the tip of his nose against hers. Smiling sweetly, he said, “It’snothing. My Gwenny is ambitious and wants to do great things. As your husband, it’s only natural that Ihelp you with these trivial matters.

Gwendolyn was touched. She tightened her arms around him and hugged him. “Thank you for beingwilling to support my career, Hubby.”

Cedrick’s eyelashes quivered. He quickly adjusted his breathing before whispering into her car, “It’s theleast I can do.

After being in each other’s embrace for some time. Gwendolyn finally got out of bed and went to washup.

Only when she entered the bathroom did Cedrick’s calm exterior crack. He furrowed his brows andhissed. in pain.

Luckily, he had already changed into a suit, so Gwendolyn did not notice anything. Since she wassharp- witted, she would’ve found out about his injuries if he were still in his thin pajamas.

Twenty minutes later, Gwendolyn was changed into her usual working attire and had also put on somelight makeup. Holding hands, they left the house together.

Cedrick drove Gwendolyn to the entrance of Harris Group himself.

When she disappeared into the company, his expression turned solemn as he wound up the window,

He took out his phone and called Joshua to tell him everything that happened the night before.

Joshua remained calm after listening to Cedrick’s story.

“When Gwendolyn’s mania acts up, she will lose her ability to think logically. Last night, instead ofstopping to think, she chose to grab the bedside lamp and smash it. This is considered a normal formof venting when her mania acts up: When she wakes up, she won’t remember what she did, either.”“”

Cedrick understood Joshua’s explanation. He was a little disappointed, but at the same time, he feltrelieved.

Thank goodness Gwenny isn’t using her illness to purposely torture me.

Cedrick was silent while Joshua continued, “Cedrick, you should drop by the lab. Let me have a look atyour injuries and make sure they’re not serious. You can also take home a few strong sedatives in caseof any emergencies.

“Okay,” Cedrick agreed. He turned the car around and drove to the lab.

At the lab, Cedrick took off his shirt and let Joshua check his wounds.

Joshua sighed in relief. “Thank goodness. They’re just superficial injuries. You didn’t injure any musclesor bones. But….for your body to be whipped to this extent, it must hurt a lot, huh?”

Cedrick stared at him strangely. “Why don’t you try getting whipped a few times and see if it hurts?”

The corners of Joshua’s lips twitched. “Forget it. I’m just a weak and helpless professor. I won’t be ableto endure more than a few strikes before I fall unconscious. I’m not as strong as you to withstand sucha beating”

Cedrick glared at him as a cold glint flashed across his eyes.

Joshua chuckled as he sensed the threat coming from Cedrick. He patted Cedrick’s exposed shoulderand said, “I don’t mean anything by that. I’m just complimenting you, Cedrick. You’re strong and havegreat stamina

“That’s enough. Stop your flattery”

Joshua shut his mouth begrudgingly. He prescribed an anti-inflammatory cream that the lab madespecifically to treat bruises. “This is better than the one you have at home. The only downside is it’llhurt more when you apply it.”

Cedrick took the cream from Joshua. To him, a medicine that would help heal his wounds faster wasprecisely what he needed.

Before Cedrick left the lab, Joshua reminded, “Cedrick, if Gwendolyn goes into a frenzy again tonight.don’t become a human punching bag and let her vent it out on you. It’ll hurt even more to receive abeating when your injuries haven’t healed. It’s better if you replace a way to inject her with the sedative.”

Cedrick nodded and left.

Previously, Joshua said that taking too many potent sedatives would affect the nervous system, whichisn’t conducive to future treatments. It might even have an impact on curing Gusenny’s mania.

Regardless, I’ll keep these sedative shots, just in case. I won’t consider using them unless I have noother choice.

Meanwhile, Gwendolyn was focused on her work in the CEO’s office of Harris Group.

Ever since international news reported the collaboration project between Harris Group and DovilGroup, Harris Group’s stocks went up. The news was also well received by the public.

When Gwendolyn found out that Annie was helping Antea Group to negotiate a particular collaboration,she sent a team of elites to snatch the business.

She was expecting good news to arrive within two days.

Even if the team couldn’t win over the collaborating party, Gwendolyn felt the need to ruin Annie’s plansand take revenge because the latter had stolen her business before.

The sky gradually turned dark. Gwendolyn, who had worked the whole afternoon, soon felt exhaustiontake over her.

She had realized something off about her lifestyle lately. Apart from herself, she thought Cedrick wasacting strange too.

It felt like he was hiding something from her, but she could not put a finger on what it was.

Gwendolyn felt a headache coming along. She closed her eyes and massaged her temples as she tooka short break.

All of a sudden, a pair of warm hands grabbed her own. She opened her eyes to see Cedrick standingin front of her.

“When did you arrive? How come I didn’t hear you come in!”

“I arrived about a minute ago. I’m the husband of Harris Group’s CEO, after all. Even your assistantwon’t be able to stop me.

Previously, when Gwendolyn had just taken over Harris Group, she had asked Cedrick’s help to handlesome businesses. Hence, she left a back door open so he could enter without needing her assistant toinform his arrival.

“Are you tired?” Cedrick gently rubbed the backs of her hands. “You won’t be able to finish your workeven if you worked twenty-four-seven. You ought to take some breaks. It’s good to combine work andrest,” he urged before bending down to sweep Gwendolyn into his arms. “Come on. Let’s go home.”

After dinner, Gwendolyn and Cedrick played a two-player mobile game.

It was a pleasant and harmonious atmosphere.

They continued playing until ten at night. Only then did Cedrick carry Gwendolyn up the stairs to take ashower.

“Goodnight, Hubby:

Gwendolyn kissed Cedrick’s lips before lying down on the bed comfortably. She closed her eyes andwent to sleep.

On the other hand, Cedrick remained awake. He stared at her sleeping figure, not daring even to blink.

When Gwendolyn’s breathing stabilized, and Cedrick was sure she was fast asleep, he slowly andcarefully got out of bed. He made his way toward the dresser and quickly gathered the bottles and thespray cans, storing them away as a precaution

When he was done, he chose to sit beside the bed despite feeling exhausted. He stared at Gwendolynsleeping in silence for some time

Seeing no signs of her acting up, he sighed and relaxed, then dragged his tired body onto the bed to liedown.

Cedrick had just closed his eyes and fallen asleep for not even a minute when he sensed a gust ofwind coming toward him.

His eyes immediately snapped open. He grabbed Gwendolyn’s right wrist despite being unable to seeclearly in the dark.

However, it was useless.

Slapt

Gwendolyn raised her left hand and swung it at him. Cedrick was caught off guard as a slap landed onhis right cheek.

He was at a loss for words.

As expected of my wife. She’s quick to react and come up with a new attack when the first one isblocked.