And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 52

Im gonna hit the shower,” said Gwendolyn.

She dropped her things and hurried back to her room for a quick shower and change into clean clothes. Finally, she knocked on Howard’s door.

“Come in.”

“Mr. Chadwick, I’m here for your acupuncture session,” she said, her voice hoarse and

weary.

Howard’s gaze remained fixed on her as she, like always, began the acupuncture treatment on his legs. Her delicate hands, pale and chapped from the work, stood out starkly.

She looked like a wilted lettuce, utterly spent.

“I’ll remove the needles in half an hour,” Saying, Gwendolyn tidied up her kit and sat down

to wait.

Howard didn’t speak, and he watched as Gwendolyn’s head slowly drooped until her eyes. closed and she dozed off against the rocking chair. He reached into the drawer for some hand lotion and wheeled closer.

The cool cream squirted into his palm, enveloping her hands as he gently massaged

them.

He figured she must’ve had a rough time at the hospital.

come home to complain. She never had anyone to complain to before.

passed, and

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her, Howard quietly pulled the needles out himself. A while later, Marina came upstairs with a tray of food, tiptoeing as she asked, “Mrs. Chadwick asleep?”

“Yes.”

be beaten.”

“Why even bother

Bayridge Hospital,

this hard, not if Enoch would

apprentice.

ready to reveal

See if they’re

leave the food here for Mrs. Chadwick

lifted Gwendolyn and placed her on the bed. She slept soundly, undisturbed by the

morning ravenous, her stomach growling.

but noticed something unusual. A warm body was next to hers. She slowly turned her head to see Howard’s handsome face. She

her, Howard shifted

eyes, pretending to sleep, her

be late for work,” said

her eyes calmly, “Good morning, Mr.

“Do you

sleep?” He lounged by