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.

several glances at Nathan before settling

gaze shifted back

continued to watch him a

as Nathan lifted his head, Lucinda

a steady voice, she challenged,

Can you prove it?”

pause, Nathan retrieved his

he scrolled through it, eventually pulling up

phone to Lucinda, showing her a picture

stared at the photo,

“Photos can be manipulated.

me, preparing something like this

deep breath, Nathan responded with a wry smile, “We

is the older brother and Destinee the younger

issues of the Payne and Simmons families, they carry different

one who decided

“A lot happened

father had a fatal accident falling down the

were doubts about your lineage with

left you on edge,

up

E L A ‘s L I B

tightly, causing the

to reveal faint tooth marks etched into his

his eyelashes fluttered rapidly as he spoke,

I stopped you from eating those oranges

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