Chapter 275

Gwendolyn slept soundly on the plush futon, her long hair spilling onto her skin, just barely covering her body.

It was a tease of shadows and light

Howard’s gaze was deep, sweeping across her form.

She had been drinking, her skin flushed with a rosy tint. For some reason, he thought of a blooming crab apple tree, alluring and vibrant. He glimpsed the darkest and most persistent desires of his heart, an uncontrollable longing.

His eyes lowered as he pulled out a dusty easel from the closet, his slender fingers twirling a charcoal pencil. Smooth lines began to take shape on the paper..

His body was burning, the agitation unbearable.

His piercing gaze devoured every inch of her skin, every shade of color, every detail etched into his memory.

In the ruthless privacy of his mind, he replayed over and over the things he hadn’t carried out in reality.

The n

night grew old, and the sounds of the pencil scratching against the sketch paper ceased.

Howard draped a woolen blanket over Gwendolyn, then quietly stopped out of the studio to answer the vibrating phone. “Hello”

had worked tirelessly to track down “Grace,” finally

insistence on finding a female hacker was a

has erased all the backup videos. But she found traces of

face darkened: “Copied traces?”

hurried to show his loyalty: “Tm following the leads to find them, I’m sure it won’t take

responded curtly.

up, his phone chimed with a new message. He switched to the messaging app, where Selina

He opened it.

showed a photo of her in a revealing nightgown, sheer and seductive, though

said, “Howie, do you like

it with cold

her cleavage, which she tried to

tawdriness

saved the images with icy indifference,

tactics again, or you’ll face my full wrath. Also, hand over the printed

her and deleted her from his

bedroom. Selina saw Howard’s message, frantic to explain

no longer in

blocked her!

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