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

Gwendolyn shook her head. There was no need for further thought

soft body against his. Her innocent yet passionate kiss set

a drawn sword. He allowed her

lip, her eyes shimmering with emotion, her voice

Howard was no

regret it, he murmured, his breath

her breathing quick

once in her life, she wanted to be reckless,

to have you.”

them to be real husband and

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

mixed with his aloof scent. The overly sweet smell that belonged to Selina quietly dissipated as if it had never been

tongues entwined, battling for

off her body. He

flushed red, and she

nervous, her lips

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

her eyes wide and questioning as she looked up at

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body tensed with desim yet teetering on

time to be

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fluttered, a mix of relief and an inexplicable sense of loss washing

his hesitation be because

in his, his voice low and suggestive. “It’s healed,

at him, puzzled.

tonight,” he said with a stoic face, his words

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

didn’t protest, allowing him to handjob with

meet his intense gaze or to see the sensuality of his expression. His

night wore

stiff and flushed in the bed while Howard was satisfied, his voice husky with satisfaction, “Tll be late at the Lopez’s baby’s christening

of Jarvis’s fraud trial?”

can’t miss it.”

a man of his stature didn’t need to attend a child’s christening. It was already considerate of him to appear. “It’s alright, Mr. Chadwick. I

chatting about family matters and reminding her of the christening.

to decline such hospitality, Gwendolyn accepted

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