And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 211

Gwendolyn hurriedly closed her eyes and pulled the comforter over herself, feigning sleep.

She could hear the door creak open, footsteps drawing nearer. The mattress sank beside her, and a familiar scent of sandalwood, faint but unmistakable, filled the air

It was Howard!

Her eyelashes quvored slightly as the bitterness and complexity within her fermented.

The wall lamp cast a dim glow, beneath which Howard’s austere featums were like carved slona. In raached out with warm fingers, gently tracing the comer of her eye

She was crying

In a gentle voice, Howard said, “Gwendolyn, Eknow you’m awake”

Busted, Gwendolyn slowly opened her eyes, meeting Howard’s calm, unfathomable gaze.

Her eyes swelled and were red as chemies, brimming with accusation and

“Upset?” he asked.

Gwendolyn stubbornly shook her head, replying. “Not at all. It’s late, Mr. Chadwick. You should head back and get some rest” Her tone was cold and distant, urging him to leave.

Howard gazed at her steadily, then said, “Fine, then I’ll leave.”

He was a master at reading people’s minds and saw right through her petulance.

insecure deep down,

a sour ache in her heart. Stray hairs clung to her temples.

vision.

to explain anything

back, saw her like that, and moved over her pinning her down on the

asked, “Will you be able to sleep if I

like surrendering to him. Affairs of the heart were a game

she

finger, captivated by their softness. “What’s it gonna take to get

the sheets tightly,

Silence fell.

lips in a passionate, wet kiss. He bit her plump,

Gwendolyn’s eyes, and

robbing sounds from her throat

her nightgown, and Gwendolyn yelled in shock and shame, “… I’ve got my period.” Her eyes were red,

against her cheek. “Does it hurt?”

harsh sense of injustice, tears pouring down her face. “No, it

felt as if her abdomen was sliced by a dull knife over

wiped her tears and said, “Still

face was streaked with tears, her eyes like washed glass, clear Hamilton that

full of

“Mr. Chadwick, is Ms.