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

have to endure tonight with Mr. Howard.

eerie silence of the room, accompanied only by the incessant beeping of monitors and the faint breathing of

medical kit, drawing a small comfort from

long as she had her kit, her swith acupuncture was

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

her hand.

on the ribbon sent beads from

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Chapter 2

sending the wedding veil

body, her lips accidentally brushing against Howard’s cheek.

were pale and still, his eyes closed, his long lashes casting shadows across his face. His handsomeness was almost ethereal,

Gwendolyn scrambled to sit up, attempting to rub away the lipstick mark on his face. In her haste, her hair became entangled with the buttons of

she cried out in pain as her scalp burned and her eyes

more she squirmed, the tighter the knot

again in her efforts

scene, they’d think she was brazen, not even sparing a