Concerned about potential trouble, Hilda stood and announced, ““I’ll go cook.

You two chat.”

Quickly, Lucinda caught Hilda by the arm and coaxed her back to her seat.

“Let them handle the kitchen tonight, Hilda.

Stay here with me.”

“How can I let our guests do the cooking? That’s not right.”

“They hardly see themselves as guests.

They know what they’re doing.

Don’t fret,” Lucinda reassured her.

Leaning close, she whispered into Hilda’s ear, “He’s just another man claiming to be my husband.

Keep an eye on him for me, will you?”

At that moment, Nathan was at a loss for words.

He wasn’t deaf.

From such a close distance, he could hear their hushed conversation clearly.

Whispering was pointless.

with embarrassment, Hilda stole several glances at Nathan before settling

shifted

in thought, she continued to watch him a

Nathan lifted his head, Lucinda quickly averted

voice, she challenged,

Can you prove it?”

brief pause, Nathan retrieved his phone from

trembled as he scrolled through it, eventually pulling up a photo from

Lucinda, showing her a picture of their family of

the photo,

“Photos can be manipulated.

you were truly here for me, preparing something like this would have been easy,” she remarked

with a wry smile,

the older brother and Destinee the younger

future inheritance issues of the Payne and Simmons families,

one who

“A lot happened during your

father had a fatal accident falling down

your

and it left you on edge, quick to

slowly rolled up his left sleeve,

A ‘s

Nathan clenched his fist tightly, causing the veins in his arm to

to reveal faint tooth marks etched into his

scar, his eyelashes fluttered rapidly as he spoke, his voice

stopped you from eating those oranges and bit me hard,” Nathan said, his

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