In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 4 I Am No Longer Mrs. Hawkins

Grace took off his shirt and peppered k*sses down his abdomen. Her longing for him was so intense that even her ears had turned red.

“Didn’t you ask me how I became Mrs. Hawkins? Well, I nearly forgot about my main responsibility—conceiving your child.”

Continuing with her actions, she said, “Right now, I’m just fulfilling my duties.”

“How dare you!” Benjamin was infuriated. His muscles tensed with his rage.

“I’ve sprayed some aphrodisiac in the air. Bear with it. It’ll end soon.

“I just … I just want a child too.”

She was getting more bold, a far cry from how gentle and obedient she had been in front of him before.

in

best to suppress the effects of the aphrodisiac and fiercely

desire in Grace’s gaze dissipated at

love to me?”

as he stared at her

floor. He hastily put them on, not even

shut with a loud bang, the room

that Grace slumped to the floor, feeling dejected. She dug her

time for her to give up on

…

next day, Grace limped down the stairs while dragging her

had already set up the table with dishes. Elizabeth wasn’t around since she

death?” asked Benjamin’s sister, Celia

to go, you’ll have to do my hair and take

often praised by her friends after having

floor straight away. She

and Celia’s father. Susan was his second wife and Benjamin and Celia’s biological

Grace’s background and her family. She was

help Patty clean up one

eyelid twitched. She had a vague idea of what was coming. Then, she heard Celia ask curiously,