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

more Jenna pondered her

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

believed she had nailed the reason behind their

Jenna reveled in her

a news article on his phone, a serious look settling on

looking at, Gilbert?” Jenna leaned in,

look at

everyone calling Madisyn

his voice tinged with

Johns…

down his spine as a sense of dread

dismissed his concern with

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

using her maiden name,” she said, a smirk tugging at

really think Madisyn somehow magically

exhaled softly, feeling slightly

far-fetched to be true,

it, a

woman unsettled him deeply, twisting his stomach

face, Jenna quickly tried

“Relax, Gilbert.

always with that

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