121. Shelma Threatened

"Stop talking nonsense, Shelma!" Gerald snapped harshly.

Instead of being silent, Shelma just shrugged nonchalantly. "I'm not talking nonsense, Gerald. I'm just stating what I've heard. I've heard all this time that the two of them were very close. In fact, extremely close. My sources even say she spent time at his apartment. What else could a man and a woman do in a closed room?" Shelma asked again.

Ariana laughed. "What do you think?" she countered. Shelma looked at Ariana with a sly smile on her face.

"Of course, fulfilling long-suppressed desires and passions. Besides, I heard you've been separated for quite a while. For years," the woman replied arrogantly.

Ariana's laughter grew longer. She nodded her head slowly. "Is that how you spend time alone with a man in a closed room?" she said flatly. Shelma was taken aback, shocked to hear Ariana's question directed at her.

"Ma'am, I didn't mean it like that. But it's true that a long-separated couple would do nothing but to indul