her face turning pale. "Ho

ing from his pocket and slipped it into hers, s

her misplace

ally pulling it out. Her eyes widened in disbeli

ng the conversation, but she remained in place. He felt compelled to clarify,

she couldn't shake her suspicio

esponded, headin

re. Then it dawned on her that Carsten's statement about leavi

and maintained no other conne

how cheap she must ha

concern. She didn't h

a phone call, recognizing the voice on the

er dinner, stay we

, saying, "There's som

ns, displayed his call histo

than him and who slept in the same bed with him all the time. A

itimate reason to check on him, a rationa

ould que

l was from Dillon's mother, he lost any intere

mate way of calling each othe

kept this discovery to herself, too apprehensive to confront Dillon or share it with others. However, after a couple of days, Norene con

mother had passed aw

in him, leaving Dillon to feel virt

in this city with no place to call home. That was when

, presenting themselves as

from a single-parent household, Norene rarely brought up the topic of his paren

s they considered marriage, that Norene dis

nse anything amiss until

fluential uncle on his mother's side,

l that Lyanna's last n

sked Dillon about it. He clarified tha

ential issues in Dillon and Carsten's families, but since it inv

a TV show. Curiosity led her to look through the photos, where she found Dillon and Lyan

covered the entire durat

elieve such photos were ty

he went to confront Dil

e saw him and Ly

itnessed a thing. But only she knew h

trayal and deceit. Instead, she strug

never imagined you'd be so attached to your mom!" Afterw

just go in vain. She craved retribution. Her scheme to sleep with

did the plan

lon, acting as if nothi

rene and said, "With Norene by my side, how can I b

he spoke, but she avoided h

le took the opportunity to make a fuss

odest, I would have guessed she was the woman in Carst