Chapter 4

Was Howard awake?

Gwendolyn raced her heart as she stood and turned to look at the man in the bed, His deep eyes, mixed with a cool disdain and a hint of embarrassment, stared straight back at her.

Clutching a damp towel, Gwendolyn softened her voice, “I… I was just doing what Marina suggested, giving you a sponge bath.”

“Last night.” Howard’s voice was hoarse, his gaze icy, every word punctuated with accusation. “you kissed me. Several times.”

Gwendolyn froze, wishing she could just bash her head against a wall,

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed through the hallway, the villa in disarray. The bedroom quickly filled with doctors and medical experts, and anyone uninvolved was pushed out of the

room.

Gwendolyn exhaled a sigh of relief, standing in a corner and focusing on the closed door, glad she didn’t have to face Howard alone.

“Roselind is here.”

The crowd in the hallway parted as a woman dressed in a simple yet elegant dress walked through, her demeanor graceful. This was Howard’s biological mother, Roselind Chadwick, the second branch of the Chadwick family.

Gwendolyn straightened her back, feeling a bit nervous.

taking her hand, “Howard waking up is all thanks to you.”

desperate efforts

from her wrist and slipped it onto Gwendolyn’s

hand.

“It’s too expensive!”

hand. “This is my welcome gift

pursed her lips, managing a slight smile and saying, “Mrs. Chadwick, I’m not

cloud has a silver lining. Howard still has a major project in

acknowledge you as Howard’s one and only

finding her more and more

care, You’re a lucky charm and maybe

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has a sister who went to a monastery seeking blessings, and his father is busy cleaning up messes. We’ll all have a proper family dinner

H

by the sincerity in Roselind, felt her well with moisture. Not all mothers in the world were

bad luck and a star of disaster. Her birth took her father, and her mother ran

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