And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Once the toast of the city, now the ladies who once fawned over him gave him a wide berth, afraid to even whisper his name.

Rumor had it that the accident had robbed him of more than his consciousness.

What a pity it was!

Desperate times called for desperate measures, and the younger branch of the Chadwick. family found themselves clinging to the marriage for luck.

Gwendolyn’s vision was obscured by a veil as Marina, a Chadwick family servant, guided her into the mansion. The weight of the traditional headdress bore down on her, nearly bending her

neck.

She was ushered into a spacious bedroom and seated at the edge of the bed..

With a length of ribbon, Marina bound Gwendolyn’s right hand, wrapping it meticulously before securing the other end to the left hand of the man on the bed.

“You mustn’t untie it. That’s the rule,” Marina warned. “If you mess this up, the consequences

are on you.”

the stiffness in

the sight of her compliance, Marina added, “You’ll have to endure tonight with Mr.

closed the door behind her, leaving Gwendolyn alone in the eerie silence of the room, accompanied only by the incessant beeping of monitors and the faint breathing of the unfamiliar man

small comfort from the faint aroma of

her kit, her swith acupuncture was her confidence.

sore, she instinctively reached up to massage her neck, forgetting

her hand.

tug on the ribbon sent beads from her headdress clinking together as she fell

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Chapter 2

sending the

her lips accidentally brushing against Howard’s

his eyes closed, his long lashes casting shadows across his face. His handsomeness was almost ethereal, marred only by the scarlet imprint her lips had left

away the lipstick mark on his face. In her haste, her hair became entangled with

out in pain as her scalp burned and her eyes watered from the struggle.

the

again in

of the Chadwick family were to witness this scene, they’d think she was brazen, not even sparing a man