And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

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”

Quentin.” Quentin had worked tirelessly to track down “Grace,” finally persuading her to hack the network and delete those photos and

a female hacker was a testament to his possessiveness

has erased all the backup videos. But she found traces of copies being printed, they’ve been leaked.”

face darkened:

show his loyalty: “Tm following the leads

Howard responded curtly.

soon as he hung up, his phone chimed with a new message. He switched to the messaging app, where Selina had

He opened it.

revealing nightgown, sheer and seductive, though lacking the

you

it with

several more photos, showcasing her long legs and her cleavage, which she tried

tawdriness

with icy indifference, then warned her.

been deleted by someone I hired. Don’t use such tactics again, or you’ll face my full wrath. Also, hand over

blocked her and deleted her

the princess–themed bedroom. Selina saw Howard’s message, frantic to

longer

blocked her!