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 back

shifted back

him deep in thought, she continued to watch him

soon as Nathan lifted his head, Lucinda quickly averted her eyes, avoiding

she challenged, “You claim to be

Can you prove it?”

pause, Nathan retrieved his phone

it, eventually pulling up

the phone to Lucinda, showing her a picture of

at the photo,

“Photos can be manipulated.

truly here for me, preparing something like this would have been easy,”

a wry

is the older brother

to the future inheritance issues of the Payne and

one who

voice softening, “A

fatal accident

doubts about your lineage

left you on

then slowly rolled up his left sleeve, revealing

E L A ‘s L I B R A R

Nathan clenched his fist tightly, causing the veins in

to reveal faint tooth

the scar, his eyelashes fluttered rapidly as he spoke, his voice hoarse and tinged

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

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