And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 303

Howard didn’t make it home until after eleven that night.

Gwendolyn, pretending to be asleep in the sprawling king–size bed of the master bedroom, heard him arrive. Throughout the day, Marina’s words had festered in her mind, fueling a simmering anger. Determined to give Howard the cold shoulder, she wanted to avoid any chance of his amorous advances tonight.

In the dimly lit room, Howard flicked on the soft amber lamp and changed out of his clothes before sitting on the edge of the bed. He playfully pinched her nose, a chuckle escaping his throat, “What’s got my little spitfire all riled up?”

Clearly, he had caught wind of Marina’s complaints once again.

Gwendolyn’s eyes snapped open, glaring at him. “I’m not,” she retorted, her voice husky with a pronounced nasal quality, betraying her upset.

“Have you taken your medicine?” Howard asked, exasperated as he looked at her.

“Yes.”

“Next time, we won’t go in the water,” he compromised.

He hadn’t realized just how delicate she could be. Even a summer night’s swim could bring on a chill. His `passions, once ignited, were hard to quell, a common trait among men newly wedded to their appetites.

Gwendolyn was about to respond when a sharp pain seized her chest. Clutching at her heart, her face turned deathly pale, and she curled up in agony. A sharp and sudden pain stabbed at her heart, wringing a cry of pain from her lips. But just as quickly, the pain vanished, leaving her in peace.

“Gwendolyn?”

worry about. Just a little pain in my heart, it’s common, she said, pulling in a

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time, don’t wait up for me. You should be asleep by ten. If I’m late, I’ll crash in the guest room.”

Gwendolyn nodded

had plagued her since childhood. Mr. White assured her it was

body was a mystery, and there were

deep sleep, unaware that the night

hours. The emergency department was a whirlwind of activity, and the Hamilton family had their peace disrupted.

The next day.

colleagues in the emergency department were visibly exhausted with dark circles under their eyes.

about to resign, her on–call shifts

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to assist with their rounds, hoping that an exchange of medical practices would

trade and encountered a variety of cases. So her main task each day had become