And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 251

The day after

Three hours before the charity auction, Jeannie and her makeup artist rushed to the Chadwick family’s quaint cottage, heading straight for the master bedroom.

“Gwendolyn, I’m here,” she called out as she pushed open the door, “Where’s Howard?”

Fresh from the shower, Gwendolyn was towelling off her damp hair as she emerged, “He’s swamped at the office, and he’ll be back later to pick us un.”

Tonight, the entire Chadwick family was expected to make an appearance at the charity auction.

“Talk about a corporate slave,” Jeannie sighed, “Let’s get you dolled up first, yeah?”

“Sure.”

With a moment of hesitation, Gwendolyn asked, “You know about the annual Luxe Legacy Bidding, where everyone’s supposed to bring something to auction off. Do you think this will do?”

She pulled out a jade from her vanity drawer, the one Gemma had given her.

“A jade?” Jeannie, with her broad knowledge of fine things, recognized it as a treasure at first glance.

jade? It’s warm and smooth to the touch, a pure hue. The teardrop shape has a nice weight to it It looked like

lavish accessories, and anything pricey she wore was usually a gift from Howard or Roselind. This piece of jade was new to her

“It was from Gemma, she said it was mine. It’s no use to me sitting around.”

some conscience, at least,” Jeannie remarked, “The Luxe Legacy Bidding is quite the event. Anything valued over ten thousand is good

That’s a relief.”

Gwendolyn felt assured.

added, “The Lopez family is sure to be at the

there some

superstitious, thinking if they find it, it’ll help Claude wake up from his coma. So they never miss an

remembered how her own family had clung to every superstition when Howard was in

could empathize with their desperation.

the sake of a loved one, they’d believe anything, no matter

a small wooden box and tucked it into her handbag.

six o’clock, a knock came

own.coma.

polite decorum,

“Alright.”

emerged in full regalia, her dress covered by a chic