Chapter 38

“Hey, include me in your dinner plans!” Selina called out with a mischievous glint in her eyes, attempting to slide off her hospital bed despite her broken leg. “I need the scoop today!”

“What exactly do you want to know?” Leanne asked, her tone tinged with suspicion. “Did Suzan put you up to this?”

“I swear Suzan has nothing to do with this. We haven’t been in contact for ages,” Selina declared firmly.

“You were pretty much the Richardson family’s foster child. How on earth did Leanne end up marrying Curtis?” Leanne leaned against the doorframe, her coat draped over her arm, her expression cool and detached.

“So, if I satisfy your curiosity, you’ll leave me in peace?” Leanne queried with a raised eyebrow.

Selina nodded fervently, “Yes, absolutely!”

“Fine.” Leanne closed the door to the hospital room and took a seat next to Selina’s bed.

“Ask away,” she prompted.

Selina blinked her big doe eyes, suddenly the picture of innocence. “I just want to know why you married Curtis. Rumor has it you took advantage of a breakup, got him drunk, seduced him, and then blackmailed him with some compromising photos. Is that true?”

Joy rolled her eyes so hard they almost disappeared. “As if! You’re giving her way too

not

sighed, “Thanks, I guess, for the

Selina pressed. “Was

it

that Leanne’s marriage to Curtis was like

college, she made it a point to stay away, not wanting to be a thorn for Jennifer. But before she could graduate, the Richardson family faced a public relations

subordinate who sold secrets to a rival. On the eve

made a scene with banners

off the

media and manipulated by those with agendas. The

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circumstances surrounding Joseph’s passing were dredged up for public

to block the flow of public opinion. Their PR team devised a plan: marry Leanne into the

family’s generosity in taking care of an

against

was not yet sealed. The family’s prosperity was tainted with a life taken, and now the karmic debt had come due for Mary. The solution was to marry someone with a fate that countered the Richardson

of fate, Leanne was

was reluctant to trade Curtis’ marital happiness, she was faced with Mary’s tears, “Do you want to see me

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