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

Howard’s insistence on finding a female hacker was a testament to his

has erased all the backup videos. But she found

darkened: “Copied

to show his loyalty: “Tm following the leads to find them, I’m

Howard responded

he hung up, his phone chimed with a new message. He switched to the messaging

He opened it.

showed a photo of her in a revealing nightgown, sheer and seductive, though lacking the curves to pull off a

said, “Howie, do you like my

it with cold detachment.

her cleavage, which she tried to emphasize, all

tawdriness

icy

I hired. Don’t use such tactics again, or you’ll face my full wrath. Also, hand over the printed copies you made, or your photos will end up on billboards

and deleted her from

Hamilton residence, in the princess–themed bedroom. Selina saw Howard’s message, frantic to explain but greeted by

no longer

blocked her!