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

phone, Selina said, “Of course, I’ll

you!

video that buzzed onto Gwendolyn’s phone was blurry and shaky. But

a fancy hotel

you let go sooner

favor. Could you check Selina’s flights to the Capital for me and the

Hamilton family has private jets, sweetheart. Your little flight check won’t do much

the hassle of private charters. He told me

“You…

best–laid plans of

Gwendolyn could actually understand

set foot in the Capital recently, and her lie was as fragile as a house of

knew she’d caught her in a web of

your uncle, Ms. Hamilton, instead of getting distracted by these sideshows,” Gwendolyn suggested, suspecting that Selina

one to assume the worst in people. Claude was, after

nurses‘ station,

bound to knock her down a

nurses‘ station.

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