Chapter 281

“Why are you calling your husband?” Gabriel Wallace teased with some amusement.

“Forget it. I doubt you’d know anything juicy anyway,” Lilah Hart scoffed, clearly not taking the bait.

Gabriel looked at her for a few seconds before speaking slowly, “Leon’s probably crashing at Heather’s place tonight.”

“What?!” Lilah’s face changed instantly.

Leon and Heather... they were—

“I wanted to talk to him about some work stuff, had the staff go fetch him, but they said he’s been at Heather’s courtyard since dinner.”

Gabriel watched her closely, gauging her reaction.

Was this kind of gossip interesting enough for her?

“Maybe they’re just going on about gardening again. He’ll likely head back later. ‘Staying over’ sounds too dramatic,” Lilah said, frowning slightly.

The Sterling family still didn’t approve of them being together.

Things developing this fast—it was hard to tell if that was good or bad.

“Yeah, late-night gardening