Chapter 199

Gwendolyn lay in bed, her body ngid with tension, her fiets clenched tightly beneath the sheets

What intimate gesture could have left the scent of Selinas perfume lingering in the air?

A war, moist sensation began to form at the comers of her eyes

But she dared not ask for confirmation.

As she sensed toward rising to leave. Gwendolyn mustered up courage and grabbed his arm

“Mr. Chadwick.” Her soft and sandy voice rang out as she sat up and wrapped her arms firmly around his muscular torso

Howard turned to face her in the darkness, a light chuckle escaping him.

“I thought you were just going to keep faking sleep,” he said, his voice gentle and enticing as his long fingers caressed her smooth skin Gwendolyn boldly stood on the bed, her stance elevated as she reached out and wrapped her arms around Howard’s neck

Their eyes met

In that position, the air was thick with the unspoken promises between them.

Gwendolyn pursed her lips tight, the discomfort in her heart nearly unbearable.

She was tom between the fear of confronting him about Selina and the fierce desire to trust Howard.

The struggle within her was almost maddening.

Suddenly, her eyes, clear and glistening, filled with a reckless determination as she defiantly met Howard’s questioning gaze. “Mr Chadwick, my hand is nearly healed ”

Her statement was direct

The air between them hung heavy for a moment.

Howard’s hands clung onto her slim waist, his eyes getting darker. “Gwendolyn, do you get what you’re saying?”

“I do,” she whispered, her voice barely audible.

That night, they had come so close to crossing a line

He had said he wouldn’t hold back again once her hand was better.

“Gwendolyn, Im giving you another chance. Think it over, his voice had grown hourse with restraint, his body a testament to his self–control

her bitterness and insecurity, Gwendolyn shook her head. There was

fiercely, pressing her soft body against his. Her

sword. He allowed her to spark the fire and

with

was no exception in the face of Gwendolyn.

it, he murmured, his breath hot against her skin.

clutched at his shirt, her

wanted to be reckless,

to have you.”

as a fuse, igniting all the tension between them. Howard turned

overly sweet smell that belonged to Selina

lips and tongues entwined, battling

her body. He

cheeks flushed red, and she struggled

her

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aura, his fingers lightly tracing circles on her belly “You know,

fanned out, her eyes wide and questioning as she looked up at him,

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desim yet teetering on the edge of reason, and he called for

time to be

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relief and an inexplicable sense

hesitation be because Selina was back?

her left hand in his, his

looked at him, puzzled.

of good use tonight,” he said with a stoic face,

a moment for the meaning to sink in, and heat flared across

allowing him to handjob with

refusing to meet his intense gaze or to see

wore

the bed while Howard was satisfied, his voice husky with satisfaction, “Tll be late at the Lopez’s baby’s christening tomorrow.

it because of Jarvis’s fraud

can’t miss it.”

stature didn’t need to attend a child’s christening. It was already considerate of him to appear. “It’s

her, chatting about family matters and reminding her of the

to decline such hospitality, Gwendolyn accepted the

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