His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 19:

Verena noticed Lucas’s fixed gaze on Belinda and felt a twinge of jealousy. Why did Lucas care about that woman so much? She thought Lucas hadn’t known her before.

Just as Verena was about to draw Lucas’s attention away, she saw Belinda heading toward the restroom. Without a second thought, Verena rose and followed her.

Belinda went to the balcony near the restroom to answer her phone.

“Hello,” she said.

It was Harold on the other end of the line.

“Belinda, do you have time to come back to the mansion?” Harold’s voice came through.

Surprised, Belinda responded, “You’ve already been discharged from the hospital?”

in the hospital earlier today and hadn’t expected

I was allowed to leave. Staying in the hospital was getting too uncomfortable for

over

“Okay,” Harold answered.

tales

left the balcony and was about to head back when

Belinda stopped short.

Verena had actually been

family friend of Harold’s, and Belinda often

Belinda had sometimes seen Verena, who had been dating Lucas at the time. However,

with Verena three years ago at the Dream Club—she had endured the rain to purchase a cake for Lucas. But it turned out that Lucas had asked for

cake had eventually been thrown into the trash