And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 144

Yesterday, in a desperate rush to save her, he’d pushed himself too hard.

His leg had started to ache again is he stepped out the door, so he’d reluctantly resorted to using a wheelchair.

“Has it gotten worse?” Gwendolyn asked, her voice laced with concem.

Just overdid it with the walking.” Howard tried to keep his tone light.

Gwendolyn glared at him, harmless yet stem. How could he joke at a time like this?

“Mr. Chadwick, I’m worried you might do some lasting damage. You’ll be in agony every time it rains or the cold sets in,” she said, her brows knitting together in frustration.

“Are you saying you’d like to see me in pain?”

Howard’s eyes were like a placid lake, but the turmoil beneath was known only to him.

Gwendolyn parted her lips slightly, thinking she wouldn’t wish pain on him. Yet for reasons unknown, she couldn’t voice her thoughts. Howard slowly rose from the wheelchair, his frame trembling slightly as he leaned closer to her. Their gazes leveled.

His warm breath brushed her cheek and earlobe.

Gwendolyn stiffened involuntarily, her beautiful almond–shaped eyes rippling like a disturbed pond.

“Howard?”

“Gwendolyn, about that contract

annul it?

but the words remained

passionately pressed

hot, a searing red. Her compassion, her joy, and her empathy sent a

For a moment.

back, her checks flushed, “The dopamine released by the

far–fetched it couldn’t fool even a layman like Howard.

nodded

see” His voice camed an almost imperceptible hint of amusement

redder. She shifted uncomfortably, but Howard gently captured her wrist, careful to

the dosage of dopamine wasn’t enough.”

again. It was

yet focused, ascetic yet seductive.

Ty

and embarrassment. She even thought if they became the closest of companions, then.

laid upon

her and her vision

scars on her neck, kissed

focus was entirely on him, and the pain from her wounds

that assertive charm, and I quite fancy

as if she shone

upset with me?” she whispered.