And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 98

The creaking of the ancient four–poster bed seemed to whisper secrets in the night.

Gwendolyn wrung her hands with nervousness. “Maybe, maybe I should just bunk with Grandma tonight.”

It had been her initial decision to keep from disturbing Nicolette’s sleep.

Beneath the quilt, a warm, strong hand seized hers.

“You can’t sleep with your grandmother every night, right? She might get suspicious.” They were husband and wife, after all. It wasn’t right to be sleeping apart all the time.

“So, I’ll… stay here then, Gwendolyn resigned.

Lying side by side with rigid bodies and shallow breaths, they desperately tried to lull themselves into sleep. But the night only seemed to heighten their awareness, and a subtle tension grew between them.

“Meow…”

“Meow, meow.”

A stray cat’s call was persistent, long, and melodious outside the window.

It was spring, and the cats were in heat.

had been on before another joined in. The two strays

made the cats‘

up in her arms, she

his voice rough and unsteady. “Gwendolyn.”

was the small box hidden under the pillow or the cats in heat, but his thoughts. were far from pure.

restless, eager thoughts surged

trembled as she instinctively licked her lips. His hand

allowing Howard to see her

remedy make you unwell? Or did Mr. Thomas give you something?” Gwendolyn’s voice

thing that had fallen

said with restraint. There’s something wrong with

her in silence until her heartbeat

became

could check your pulse to see if you’re

“Gwendolyn, I’m no

understand. Mr. Chadwick. You’re craving

pressing her lips to his in a tentative kiss.

intense restraint, his breathing heavily, almost like a groan. His long fingers clutched the bedsheets so tightly that they turned white. He