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.”

nodded slightly, feeling the stiffness in

have to endure

those words, she closed the door behind her, leaving Gwendolyn alone in the eerie silence of the room,

down her medical kit, drawing a small comfort from the

had her kit, her

she instinctively reached up to massage

her hand.

ribbon sent beads from her headdress clinking together as she fell onto

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Chapter 2

the wedding

her lips accidentally brushing against Howard’s cheek.

lashes casting shadows across his face. His handsomeness was almost ethereal,

the lipstick mark on his face. In her haste,

her scalp burned

the tighter the knot

his again and again in her efforts to free herself.

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