Chapter 246

Claude was on the brink of the final curtain and she just wanted to be there for him. It wasn’t about the money, it was precious, dwindling time.

“Its me.”

Selina sauntered in, the very picture of chic in her tweed Chanel–inspired suit, a basket of freshly cut fruit in hand, her smile as bright as

the summer sun.

“You know, it’s not wise to leave a patient alone. Things can happen, Gwendolyn remarked with an icy edge to her voice Unfazed and without a hint of remorse, Selina quipped, “Oh, terribly sorry for interrupting your cozy slumber with Howned” Gwendolyn was no fool, and she knew the hostility when she faced it, inescapable as the dawn. “A midnight call can indeed be a mood

killer

But Selina’s jealousy was thinly veiled behind her persistent grin, “Gwendolyn, the things you and he are up to, I’ve been there, done that We were all young and passionate once.”

“To be quite frank, on my recent trip to the Capital with him, we shared a room. A man like him has needs.”

She tilted her chin up proudly, boasting, “He loves to kiss my neck, and adores the suppleness of a ballet dancer’s body, like mine. And his lower back, he’s got this little red mole

Gwendolyn’s heart skipped a beat.

Howard’s red mole was tucked away in such an intimate crevice, it was a secret shared in whispers between the shents.

asked, refusing to be

With a smug

her phone, Selina said, “Of course, I’ll send

you!

was blurry and shaky. But there he

fancy hotel suite

you let go sooner rather than later” Gwendolyn held her gaze,

you check Selina’s flights to the Capital for me and the hotels she’s stayed at?”

jets, sweetheart. Your little flight check won’t do much

prefers first class on commercial flights to the hassle of private charters. He told me all flight plans need to be filed,

“You…

best–laid plans of

could actually understand this.

foot in the Capital recently, and her lie

knew she’d caught her in

distracted by these

assume the worst in

nurses‘ station, leaving Selina fuming in her wake.

Someone’s bound to knock her down a

the nurses‘ station.

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