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 swayed by mere

With a smug

lift of her phone, Selina said, “Of course, I’ll send it to

you!

Gwendolyn’s phone was blurry and shaky. But there he was,

fancy

inevitable. It hurt less if you let go sooner rather than later”

you check Selina’s flights to the Capital for me and the hotels

face paled slightly. “The Hamilton family has private jets, sweetheart. Your little

Chadwick prefers first class on commercial flights to the hassle of private charters. He told me

“You…

plans of mice

could actually understand

set foot in the Capital recently, and her

Gwendolyn knew she’d caught her in a web of deceit.

instead of getting distracted by these sideshows,” Gwendolyn suggested, suspecting that Selina might have had a

in people. Claude was, after all, Selinas family.

walked towards the nurses‘ station, leaving

to knock her down a peg

the nurses‘ station.

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