Chapter 255

He tried to respond, to explain himself, but before he could get a word out, the call ended with a sharp click.

The silence that followed was deafening.

He stared at his phone, stunned.

Jenna, who had overheard the conversation, was equally stunned.

“I don’t understand.

How?” she whispered, her voice trembling with disbelief.

“Gilbert, isn’t Dane Glenn’s son? Why would he… Wait! I think I get it now!”

Her sudden shift in tone caught Gilbert’s attention.

He turned to her, desperation in his eyes.

“What do you mean, you get it?”

A cold, calculating look crossed Jenna’s face.

“Dane did this to defend Madisyn,” she said with certainty, her eyes narrowing.

you because

The more Jenna pondered her theory, the

way into Dane’s good graces to take control of Natural Beauty which is under

she had nailed the reason behind their humiliating

Jenna reveled in her revelation, Gilbert’s expression

intently at a news article on his phone, a

Gilbert?” Jenna leaned in, her

a look

everyone calling Madisyn

muttered, his voice

Johns…

sending a shiver down his spine as a sense of dread

dismissed his concern with a wave of

I think you’re overthinking it! My former mother’s family name was Johns before

name,” she said, a smirk

really think Madisyn

exhaled softly, feeling slightly reassured

seemed too far-fetched to

it,

of Madisyn becoming Dane’s kept woman unsettled him deeply, twisting his stomach

on his face, Jenna quickly

“Relax, Gilbert.

with that pretty

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