“But I need to know where Valerie has been recently, and whom she has been in contact with.”
“Of course. I’ll let Sonny handle it.”
Lucinda glanced down at the test report in her hand, her fingers tightening at its edge.
“And have someone look into Braden too. I don’t trust that man. Find out where he has been and what he has been doing, his family background, his finances. Everything.”
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Nathan cupped her face and pressed a ki*s on her lips.
“But for now, I’d like it if you comforted me…”
He rubbed the tips of his nose against hers and gazed at her with wide, expectant eyes. He wanted to distract her from this recent catastrophe.
Lucinda raised her eyebrows and acted like she didn’t know what he was talking about.
“Why would you need me to do that? Did someone upset you?”
That was all that Nathan needed to throw himself into her arms and nuzzle her chest.
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“Honey,” he whined softly.
“I’m dirt-poor now. I have no choice but to depend on you. You’re all I have. I need you to pamper me to know that you will not leave me…”
If Lucinda somehow abandoned him in the future, he really would have nothing left.
But of course, Nathan knew that Lucinda would never do that.
She took his face in her hands and ki*sed him passionately. The next thing he knew, she was pressing him down on the bed.
“Sure thing! I can pamper you stupid for me!”
In one practiced motion, Lucinda pulled the covers over them to muffle the noise they made.
A couple of hours later, Nathan crawled out of bed and padded into the bathroom to take a shower.
Lucinda trailed behind him. She made a beeline for the sink to wash her hands. And because she couldn’t stop herself, she reached out to squeeze Nathan’s butt before scampering out of the bathroom.
She then sat on her dresser and applied her favorite lotion on her hands.
Just then, she heard her phone vibrate. It was a notification on her Facebook news feed.
She tapped it open and saw the words “Simmons Family” in the caption.
Lucinda immediately grabbed her phone and read the article.