Chapter 666

Chapter 666

"Nothing, really."

Shifting uneasily in his arms, Gwyneth pretended to check the time on her phone.

"If I don't get up now, I'll be late for work. I still have a good two weeks left to make myself useful..."

Hawthorne knew exactly what she was thinking. Once she made up her mind, no one could talk her out of it. Neither of them had taken any precautions. Once their little one arrived, going back to work would be out of the question.

It wasn't that Hawthorne was chauvinistic-he just felt Gwyneth wasn't cut out for the cutthroat corporate world.

Otherwise, Yvette wouldn't have managed to scheme against her more than once. She was his wife, and he couldn't stand to see anyone push her around.

If it weren't for the old friendship between the Everhart family and Yvette's grandfather, Yvette would have been fired long ago—or even blacklisted in the entire industry, not just transferred out of the company.

Even after the transfer, the office politics and subtle discrimination followed Yvette wherever she went. There was no hope of making a comeback.

Hawthorne meant she

was

her hair and makeup. In the morning sunlight,

that he'd found her before anyone else realized just how beautiful

hair back in a ponytail and slipped into her work clothes, only to notice Hawthorne watching her intently.

are you staring

usual, calm tone. "You

a small, elegant box from behind her back and handed it to

"What's this?"

A gift, from her?

things. I figured it was time to return the favor.

the box in front of her. Inside was

jade, his name etched at the

seem to have everything. So I made this myself. I

the bottom of the seal, and pressed it onto a sheet of paper. Instantly, his name

many hobbies or bad habits. In her spare time, she liked to paint

up the paper, studying her handiwork over and

artwork and

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