And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 1

Gwendolyn Quigley sat in the opulent living room of a lavish mansion, her faded floral dress a stark contrast to the luxury surrounding her.

Her estranged mother, Gemma, adorned in a chic designer outfit, held her hand and wept. “Gwen, you’ve toiled away in the countryside, but marrying into the Chadwick family will bring you wealth and prestige.”

A sharp pang of pain shot through Gwendolyn as she realized any hope for maternal love was In vain.

She looked at Gemma with a stony expression and said, “I’m your flesh and blood, and your want me to marry Vivien Sawyer’s fiancé. That man was in a coma after a car accident, practically in a vegetative state!”

The Sawyers wanted to secure the Chadwick family’s fortune without subjecting Vivien to hardship.

Gwendolyn was the sacrificial lamb, taken from her rural life for this very purpose.

Gemma’s tears flowed as she knelt before Gwendolyn, “I had no choice as a stepmother! It may look like I live in luxury, but there’s unseen suffering. After all, I brought you into this world. Help me, please! Marry in place of Vivien!”

Gwendolyn took a deep breath, her eyes reddening slightly.

Gemma had abandoned Gwendolyn as an infant to marry into the Sawyer family. She doted on her stepdaughter, Vivien, while ignoring her own daughter in the country for twenty years.

Gwendolyn out of newfound conscience, but to

I’ll marry him.”

for the life Gemma gave

to her feet, “The Chadwick family has

was intent on her goals, bustling about

shrugged off her hand, her pretty face cold, “This is the last time. After this, we are

then nonchalantly ordered the maids to dress Gwendolyn.

dressed her in the bridal gown, her

eye, she spotted a graceful figure

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stood there with a smirk of triumph on her lips, silently mocking

clutched the medicine chest she had brought from the country.

the Chadwick family’s

family waiting, Gwen, Leave your stuff behind. You don’t want to be a laughingstock,” Gemma said, pushing Gwendolyn toward the door, trying to

causing Gemma to stumble.