Chapter 614

+25 BONUS

William had been losing at cards all night. From the other room, Debra could hear the occasional bickering between William and Randy.

In her room, Debra turned on the TV. The late–night news was plastered with scandalous headlines about her and Juan’s rumored divorce. In the corner of the screen, a blurred image of Marion appeared, alongside the caption ‘Gigolo‘.

The situation was serious, but the moment she saw the caption, she burst out laughing.

Marion raised an eyebrow at her. “What’s so funny?”

“Gigolo?” Debra managed between giggles. “You’re one of the most feared men in the city, right alongside Juan, and now they’re calling you a gigolo.”

Marion lightly tapped her forehead. “Ungrateful little thing.”

“Ungrateful?” Debra shot back. “I should be asking you. Who told you to come to this island? And you were the one who stuffed crabs and lobsters into the nets, right?”

but had brushed it off as a trick by the production team. Now, it was obvious that Marion

worried you

didn’t want me to film the show with

“Both.”

out a new phone from his pocket, handing it

all this way just to

old one broke. I had Randy pick this up for

that’s convenient. I just threw away an old

were these days. Though it wasn’t likely someone would dig up her number, rumors about her

hard on Melody, given her age,

they’d

the company,” Debra said thoughtfully. “Melody has full control. Joe mentioned seeing Shelia getting close to Melody recently. There must be more to this than

already started looking into it,” Marion

nodded. “I’ve had some partners cozy up to Edgar, throwing him a few profitable projects. By now, he should have trusted them.

“Good instincts,” Marion remarked.

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