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?”

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

do that for Regina? The guy I set her with should be a

I haven’t figured it

botch everything up? 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

clutched her

the mention of that unfamiliar name Domingo, her mother had been acting increasingly strange.

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 status as the carefree second daughter of the Tanner family. She had no desire to return

was about to defend herself, Francis and Nolan reappeared. She immediately switched to a

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