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

gaze shifted back

in thought, she continued to watch him

Nathan lifted his head, Lucinda quickly

steady voice, she challenged, “You claim to be

Can you prove it?”

brief pause, Nathan retrieved his phone from his

through it, eventually pulling up a

out the phone to Lucinda, showing her a picture of their family of four in

stared at the photo,

“Photos can be manipulated.

me, preparing something like this would

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

brother and Destinee the

inheritance issues of the Payne and Simmons families, they

were the one who decided

continued, his voice softening, “A lot

fatal accident falling

doubts about your

and it left you on edge,

then slowly rolled up his

E L A ‘s

his fist tightly, causing the veins in

rotated his arm to reveal faint

as he spoke, his voice hoarse and tinged

I stopped you from eating those oranges and

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