Wooing My ex-wife (Gwendolyn and Maverick) novel Chapter 697

Charles took off his disposable gloves and observed his injured hand in the corridor.

He was about to go downstairs when he bumped into Gwendolyn coming back from the restroom at the corner.

Gwendolyn had just finished a video conference. She washed and sanitized her hands to prevent bringing bacteria from the computer mouse to Benedict before returning to the ward.

When she faced Charles, she immediately noticed the bloodstains on his hand. By the time Charles tried to hide his hand behind his back, it was already too late.

“You’re injured?” she asked.

Charles smiled casually and replied, “It’s nothing. I slipped and fell on my way here.”

Observant as always, Gwendolyn sensed something unusual about him. “Even if you really slipped, you wouldn’t have gotten such an injury given your skills. Don’t tell me that your hand happened to hit a nail on the ground as you fell.”

Charles chuckled. “You know me well, Gwen.”

“The laboratory has top-notch security measures and cleanliness. How is a sharp object like a nail going to end up on the floor? Don’t try to deceive me. What really happened?” Gwendolyn asked.

Charles shrugged indifferently. “It seems impossible to hide anything from you, Gwen.”

A few minutes later, when the door to the ward was slowly opened, Benedict, who was devouring a piece of durian, quickly threw the remaining of it into the trash and hastily wiped the corners of his mouth.

Gwendolyn entered the ward.

Although Benedict’s actions were swift, he still couldn’t escape Gwendolyn’s eyes.

“Is your meeting finished, Mommy? Actually, there’s no need for you to rush back here. I know your work is important. I’m already used to receiving the drip alone. I can handle it myself,” Benedict said.

Gwendolyn said nothing as she calmly walked to his bedside.

Her gaze inadvertently fell on the corner of his mouth, where there were still traces of durian flesh. The room was filled with the pungent smell of durian.

Benny clearly loves eating durian. Why did he throw away the remaining piece as soon as he saw me coming in?

Gwendolyn silently took a tissue from the bedside table and gently wiped the corners of Benedict’s mouth.

He smiled obediently, his face showing no signs of abnormality.

However, Gwendolyn’s expression grew increasingly serious as a thought flashed across her mind. “Did you cause the injury on Charles’ hand?”

Taken aback, Benedict’s disgust toward Charles quickly grew rampant again despite having dissipated slightly.

“He’s such a petty person. I can’t believe that he immediately went to tattle to you, Mommy! Why didn’t he tell you that it was all voluntary on his part, that he agreed to fulfill my three demands? I didn’t force him,” Benedict complained.

Sighing, Gwendolyn explained, “He didn’t tattle on you. I happened to meet him in the corridor, and I asked him. He insisted that he accidentally injured himself, and it had nothing to do with you.”

Then, she continued, “But I’m the one who gave birth to you. I know you the best. If you want to retaliate against him, he will surely comply with guilt. This is just my guess.”

Benedict remained silent.

Charles didn’t take the opportunity to strike back. Maybe I’ve thought too poorly of him all this time?

It was the first time Benedict had seen Gwendolyn, who was always gentle and considerate, being so serious with him. Although he had wrongly accused Charles, he still felt a little aggrieved.

“Mommy, are you going to reprimand me on behalf of Charles? Do you think I’m a naughty child who caused severe injuries to Charles’ hand? Are you going to punish me?” Benedict asked.

“Yes…” Gwendolyn sighed again.

“Now that I’m sick, I can’t go to kindergarten like Zendy, and I can’t make any new friends. I have to receive daily drips and endure the pain. All I want is to make things difficult for Charles and to make him back off from bothering me. Who knew he would actually chop the durian with his hand…”

Benny, who had always been strong and rarely cried, had a faint redness in the corners of his eyes.

However, he stubbornly kept his eyes wide open because he refused to let the tears flow.

Gwendolyn’s heart ached when she saw that.