And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 86

The dinner party had stretched past midnight when Marina instructed Cliff to escort them to their rooms, leaving her to clean up.

Gwendolyn was pushing Howard’s wheelchair into the master bedroom, her cheeks flushed with a rosy tint. “Mr. Chadwick, this time… I’m not drunk,” she confessed, though she felt slightly dizzy.

She pulled out a small gift box from the pocket of her blouse and presented it to him with both hands. “Happy birthday, Mr. Chadwick.”

Howard’s typically stoic eyes shimmered with surprise. “For me?”

“Yep! I picked it especially for you. I just knew it was perfect the moment I saw it.”

Her eyes sparkled with excitement, a delicate blush coloring her face.

Howard took the box and found a pair of sapphire cufflinks nestled inside. They couldn’t compete with the finest things he’d seen, but he could tell the

a pretty penny.

It was the thought that counted, and that was priceless.

“I like them,” Howard said in a deep voice.

must have cost Gwendolyn

face bloomed with a radiant smile. “I’m so glad you do. Now, let me help you get ready

“Okay.”

realizing she was more sober than the last time. Yet he couldn’t predict what the

him to the spacious bathroom, squeezed toothpaste onto his brush, and twisted a warm washcloth

was thankful that tomorrow

away the toothpaste foam from the corner of his

water and bent down to unbutton his shirt. Howard caught her wrist suddenly, his

and he might take advantage of

shook her

lifted her onto the washbasin.

alabaster

as his fingers traced her

smooth skin

steamy bathroom air had accelerated Tverains

needed CPR and

Mrs Lopez at the hospital today and gave her CPR,” she said, coking for praise with an endearing

Howard responded as she wished, his

giggiet softly, leaning