Chapter 33

Chapter 33

“Charles” Yolanda velled.

DOD

Charles paused, realizing she could hear him. He sighed, Darling, you know the rule. It’s a Grant family policy–anyone who stays out overnight has to get checked. It’s nothing personal”

Yolanda’s face went pale. Her eyelashes fluttered as she fought back emotion. If he was so afraid of her getting pregnant, it made no sense that he would still seek intimacy. “Is it true?” she asked, her voice trembling “About the birth control?”

Charles went quiet with a frown. He figured Renee had spilled everything. There was no use hiding it now. “The pills aren’t harmful,” he said calmly. “They just prevent pregnancy

Yolanda slowly balled her hand into a fist. Her lips pressed into a thin line. She didn’t say another word.

May ended the call and directed the driver to head to the Sinclair–funded hospital. The examination was deeply humiliating–they used instruments to check for any physical traces left by a man.

Yolanda lay on the cold bed, listening to the hushed whispers of the nurses, burning with shame. After a moment, one of them looked up at the monitor and reported to May, “No signs of recent sexual activity!

Which meant not even with Charles. It appeared Yolanda really wasn’t pleasing him. May waved her hand dismissively, and the nurses finally let go.

Yolanda slowly sat up, trembling, as May remarked coldly, “You should learn how to keep your husband interested. You’re not good enough, so he messes with other women. I thought you knew how to please a man

as a Grant.”

May’s tone dripped with disdain for any Grants. Without another word, she turned and walked out.

Nearby, those two nurses exchanged quiet words.

“Typical rich families… It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. You get used and still have to put up with inspections like this.”

“Shh, keep your voice down.”

eyes down, quietly pulling her

the hospital, Jack was waiting. He stepped forward and handed her a neatly wrapped gift box. “From

word, Yolanda walked past him and hailed a

the other

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When he found the downstairs empty. Charles headed straight up to Yolanda’s room. Shrugging off his suit jacket, he leaned against the doorframe and let the word slip out softly.

her attention nailed to the documents spread across

woman alive he couldn’t win over, and Yolanda

refused the

Yolanda still didn’t respond.

fresh, thin scratch from some woman’s nail trailing across the back of his otherwise well–groomed hand. Clearly, even

on the renovation plans for the studio spread out before her. “Renovating the studio?” he asked, his voice close to her ear.

low murmur near her ear. “It’s been too long since we went out for dinner. Come on,

visit to Starlight Entertainment soon. Your new premium coffee line is picking a spokesperson,

kiss into her hair. “It’s just a coffee endorsement. Of course,

down

the maid handed Charles his coat with a warm, knowing smile. “You must have

fraction of a

before she bent down to fasten her shoe, saying nothing. ‘Of course he’s forgotten, she sneered

her waist, his voice dripping with practiced charm. There’s a place nearby with a fantastic fireworks display tonight.

Sophie’s post. His

down

was almost

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clumsy kiss, the nervous jump of his Adam’s

the bottle in the cupholder, but the warped plastic, still marked from

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