Chapter 273

I had originally planned to tell my mother about Selena and her lover, but just as I was about to speak, Howard caught up with me, and I swallowed my words.

Now was not the right time to tell Howard. Like the Vances before him, he had raised Gemma for years and developed real feelings.

He could walk away from Selena, but Gemma was a different story; he wouldn't just ignore his daughter.

If I told