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.

to

With a smug

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

you!

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

was a fancy hotel suite

go sooner rather than later”

Peterson, I need a favor. Could you check Selina’s flights to the Capital for me and the hotels she’s stayed at?”

jets, sweetheart. Your little flight

“Mr. Chadwick prefers first class on commercial flights to the hassle of private charters. He

“You…

plans of mice and men.

didn’t think Gwendolyn could actually understand

and her lie was

she’d caught her in a web of deceit.

on looking after your uncle, Ms. Hamilton, instead of getting distracted by

in people. Claude was, after all,

towards the nurses‘ station, leaving Selina fuming in her

Someone’s bound to knock her down a peg or two sooner or later.” she cursed.

nurses‘ station.

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