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

Jenna pondered her

good graces to take control

she had nailed the reason

as Jenna reveled in her revelation,

was staring intently at a news article on his

at, Gilbert?”

a look at

everyone calling Madisyn ‘Madisyn

voice tinged with

Johns…

sending a shiver down his

however, dismissed his concern with a wave of her

My former mother’s family name was Johns before she

must be using her maiden name,” she said,

do you really think Madisyn somehow magically became

slightly reassured by her

far-fetched to be true, after

despite his efforts to dismiss it, a persistent

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

his face, Jenna quickly tried to calm

“Relax, Gilbert.

with

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