Comeback Of The Adored Heiress

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.

punishing you because of

Jenna pondered her theory, the more

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

she had nailed the reason behind their

Jenna reveled in her

news article on his phone,

looking at, Gilbert?” Jenna leaned in, her curiosity

a look at

is everyone calling

his voice tinged with

Johns…

a shiver down his spine as

dismissed his concern with a wave of

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

must be using her maiden name,” she said, a

think Madisyn somehow magically became Glenn’s

feeling slightly reassured by

seemed too far-fetched to be true, after

his efforts to dismiss it, a persistent worry clung to

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

lingering tension on his face, Jenna quickly

“Relax, Gilbert.

with that pretty