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 of

The more Jenna pondered her theory, the more

into Dane’s good graces to take control of

nailed the reason behind

reveled in her revelation, Gilbert’s expression

a news article on his phone,

Gilbert?”

look at

everyone calling

his voice tinged

Johns…

in his mind, sending a shiver down his spine as a sense of dread began

with a wave

overthinking it! My former mother’s family name was Johns before she

maiden name,” she said, a smirk

think Madisyn somehow magically became

exhaled softly, feeling slightly

seemed too far-fetched to be true,

despite his efforts to dismiss it, a

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

tension on his face, Jenna quickly tried

“Relax, Gilbert.

always with

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