And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 277

The artist’s studio of the Chadwick family’s villa was messy

Gwendolyn stirred awake, groggy and nursing a throbbing headache on the plush carpet that had substituted for her bed. The aftermath of last night’s revelry hit her like a freight train–every inch of her body ached as she propped herself up on shaking arms.

Tired. Sore. All over

Rubbing her bleary eyes, she arched her back in a languid stretch, and the knitted throw blanket slipped down, revealing her bare upper body.

She blinked in confusion. Why was she undressed?

Scattered around the floor were her sundress and undergarments, alongside a few scraps of tom fabric.

She nearly screamed.

Her body was responding in ways that spelled out a night of drunken debauchery. Had she really succumbed to a night of passion with Howard after too many glasses of wine?

Her memory was a foggy vold

Then her gaze caught the canvas on the easel, and she was thunderstruck.

Cheeks flaming, her whole body flushed with warmth.

What on earth was this?

sleep. Every single detail was striking. from her facial features down to the more private aspects of her physique.

It was her!

more charged with emotion than the

was not the work of the same hand that

be the extent of Mr.

to stare at the drawing, waves

there was a small turtle

around to look at her own butt

simple sketch of a turtle with a flourish of a signature beside it.

Chadwick” was scrawled in bold letters, impossible to miss

she could sink into the floor mortified beyond belief. Unable to don the tattered remains of her dress, she wrapped the blanket around herself and slipped out of

hallway, eager to return to her room for a

she bumped into a warm embrace.

are you off to in such a hurry?” Howard steadied her by the shoulders, his voice laced with amusement.

face turned an

of booze and need to freshen

don’t remember, do you? What

suspecting the unspeakable

recollection of this man’s conquest over her body.

sorry. I’ll take responsibility,” she said,

you do

playfulness to his voice, fully aware