Chapter 144

“Who was that guy who snuck out the back door of your house two days ago?” Minnie suddenly asked pointedly.

Emmeline’s eyes widened in shock. She forgot how to breathe for a moment, feeling trapped by Minnie’s question.

She knew Minnie must be referring to Zavian - who else would have been leaving through her back door like that?

Emmeline hadn’t prepared herself to face a confrontation like this, so she was unable to find a convincing excuse right away.

After a charged pause, she smiled nervously. “And who else could it have been other than Richard, my husband?”

She refrained from looking directly at Minnie, afraid of what she might see in her friend’s eyes.

“I can give you more than one reason why that guy couldn’t have been Richard,” Minnie replied in a confident, assured tone.

Emmeline’s arms were resting on top of her stomach, and she couldn’t control the trembling in them as Minnie started ticking off her reasons on her fingers.

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