fu

enjoyed himself tha

bs, shaking as if he'd stripped away her dignity, e

dlessly down her cheeks, each drop a s

that nightmare could

ortlessly through her feeble facade as memories of her flushed cheek

ngratulations. After three years o

back the sharp bitterness rising in her throat, d

..

ide anymore. Still, under the family's watchful care, he didn't look espec

years ago and had never shown anything but kindness to Katherine. Sh

her spirit shredded, she kept her disillusionment tucked away

er-composed daughter-in-law, a sense of peace settled ov

he missing note in his s

are you giving me a grandchild? I won't be aroun

ame by. Katherine had stopped answering lo

provoke his father, he kept his voice

an on wasting?" Laurence asked, pretending to be patient. "Yo

ing lazily against the table, clearly ge

ulian, just be straight with me-are

"Dad, I'm twenty-six. Do you seriou

u never know. These things creep u

tation flickering in his eyes as he

ry fruit that always turned his sto

y fueled Laurence's suspicion. Turning to Kath

ne completely off guard, le

ow about it? Not once in three years had he st

aved today, a jagged bittern

ed, drawing her brows toge

ike a bomb. Laurence turned ghostly white. Ju

anded like a slap, as if she'd grou

the room. "Katherine, you'd b

gaze withou

licately. "Julian has a few... conce

me went rigid, stun

in alarm. "Julian! When

His tone cut like a blade. "You really belie

yone knows your body, it's her. Why wouldn't I trust what she says? And Cayson told me you've never so much as glanced

is jaw clenched so tightly i

ence broke into a harsh, rattling coug

water and gently patting his back. "Don't stress. With how fa

ained between Laurenc

ever came to that, IVF's a completely norma

to Laurence's voice. "But Kathy, Julian's only in his twenti

it if the two of them co

ed with a faint,

curve sliced into Julian's p

ares if he is impotent or not?

mmering dangerously beneath the surfac

ptical eyebrow. "If t

osed to get an erection r