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.

stole several glances at Nathan before settling back into her seat with an

gaze shifted

she continued to watch

lifted his head, Lucinda quickly averted her eyes,

voice, she challenged, “You claim to be my

Can you prove it?”

retrieved his phone from his

he scrolled through it,

held out the phone to Lucinda, showing her a picture of their

at the

“Photos can be manipulated.

something like this would have been easy,”

breath, Nathan responded with a wry smile, “We

the older brother and Destinee the

Payne and Simmons families, they carry different last

were the one

continued, his voice softening, “A

fatal accident

your lineage with the

immense, and it left you on

slowly rolled up his left sleeve, revealing his muscular

A ‘s L I

that moment, Nathan clenched his fist tightly, causing the veins in his arm

reveal faint tooth marks

scar, his eyelashes fluttered rapidly as he spoke, his

stopped you from eating those oranges and bit me

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