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.

proof?” Gwendolyn asked, refusing to be swayed

With a smug

of her phone, Selina said, “Of course,

you!

onto Gwendolyn’s phone was blurry and shaky. But there he was, Howard, roaming in

a fancy hotel suite

and I, we’re inevitable. It hurt less if you let go sooner rather than later” Gwendolyn held her gaze, then,

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

has private jets, sweetheart.

to the hassle of private charters. He

“You…

plans of mice and men.

think Gwendolyn could actually understand

in the Capital recently, and her lie was as fragile as

she’d caught her in a

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

Gwendolyn wasn’t one to assume the worst in people.

towards the nurses‘ station, leaving Selina fuming in her wake.

to knock her down a

the nurses‘ station.

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