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.

glances at Nathan before

shifted

continued to watch him

his head, Lucinda quickly averted her

steady voice, she challenged,

Can you prove it?”

a brief pause, Nathan retrieved his

as he scrolled through it, eventually pulling up a photo

to Lucinda, showing her a

stared at the

“Photos can be manipulated.

preparing something like this would have

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

brother and Destinee the younger

inheritance issues of the Payne and Simmons families, they carry different

were the one who decided

continued, his voice softening, “A lot happened

father had a fatal accident

doubts about your lineage

stress was immense, and it left you on edge, quick

then slowly rolled up his left

L A ‘s

causing the veins in his

his arm to reveal faint tooth marks etched into his

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

those oranges and bit

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