The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2826

Francis nodded with a grimace, “I know you aren’t one to lie. If I find out even one word you’ve said today is false, I won’t let you off the hook.”

Nolan nodded, “I accept that.”

Those two men had some sort of secretive conversation out there, and Imogen was just pacing frantically outside Regina’s door, unable to hear a thing.

“Mom, have you lost your mind? Why on earth would you think of sending Nolan to Regina’s room? Are you out of your wits? You know darn well that your daughter has fallen head over heels for Nolan, so why hand this perfect opportunity to that hussy?”

Madeline confronted her mother, her face a picture of despair, “Should I be asking if you’re hooked on playing the stepmother, actually thinking you’re Regina’s mother? What on earth are you thinking?”

Madeline nearly lost it. The mere thought of the man she fancied having been intimate with the woman she despised made her blood boil. She wanted to storm in there and harm Regina in whatever way, but alas, she was just standing dryly at the door, unable to do anything.

for Regina?

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off your own mother just for a man? Do you have any idea how much that hurts me? There must have been some kind of mix-up; I haven’t figured it out yet, and here you are, tearing into me. You really outdid yourself just for a man, Madeline. All those years of effort I investe in you,

had already drugged that woman; how could it not have worked? And instead of the thug in her room, it was Nolan. What the heck did you do? If you couldn’t handle it, why didn’t you let me

her

name Domingo, her mother had been

conjectures in her mind. She knew that some truths, once unveiled, could never allow a return to the way things were, and she was quite content with her

Nolan reappeared.

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Chapter 2826

Regina now? Well, Mr. Harris, I don’t want to be such condescending as an elder, but your actions are a bit flippant. How could you not inform us, the parents, before whisking our child away to a hotel room? If word gets out,