Unmasking the Heiress

Unbeknownst to them, Evangeline and Holden were watching the whole exchange from behind a one-way

mirror.

Once Yale stood up and exited, Evangeline and Holden left the observation room as well.

In the conference room, Yale was all business, Holden's brows were knitted in frustration, and Evangeline's face was blank, though she seemed to be wrestling with a tough problemn. Lydia seemed to unravel at the sight of her, leading Evangeline to believe that Lydia would crack easily under questioning.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

However, Lydia was sharper than they expected.

She was banking on the fact that Yale, a government official, would not dare break the law or resort to underhanded tactics, and she would not confess a thing. "Argh!" Holden could not contain his anger and punched the table with a thud,

Yale did not lash out, but he was visibly trembling with rage.

"Uncle Yale, don't you think Lydia's just being cocky because she thinks we're too cautious?" she asked. Isn't there another way to get her to tell the truth?"

Evangeline, for her part, was firmly against any form of harsh interrogation.

"Like, tricking Lydia into letting her guard down and accidentally telling the truth?"

The only way to get Lydia to slip up was to make Evangeline look like she was having a really tough time, and it had to seem like things were getting worse by the minute. After all, that would be when Lydia would start gloating!

"No way, Evie. Sure, getting the truth out of Lydia is super important, but we can't let you get hurt! Especially not with you being... well, you know."

Yale glanced down at Evangeline's growing baby bump.

"With everything that's going on, keeping you safe is our top priority."

Evangeline pushed down the wave of sadness in her eyes.

Just a few words were enough for her to realize that Yale was on the same page as her, but they were not on the same page about what to do about it.

If it meant finding out who really killed her mother and making sure they got what was coming to them, Evangeline was ready to face whatever came her way.

"Uncle Yale, it doesn't bother me." She gently touched her stomach. "If it helps us figure out what happened to Mom, I bet the baby wouldn't mind a little trouble either..."

"Evie, how can you even think like that?" Holden, who always put Evangeline's needs first and could never bear to scold her, was then red with frustration. "Did you ever think that you might be fine, but what if something happened to your baby? You know that would break Grandpa's heart, right?"

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"What are we going to do? We've got to figure something out. We cant just st word dongu letting Lydia mooch off us, can we?

"And there's got to be more than one way to catch Lydia off guard. What if she ran into a family in a super dangerous situation?"

Evangeline's suggestion hit Yale like a tidal wave, sending his thoughts into a wild spin

"A dangerous situation was no sweat for us, but finding this family member... where do we eves dad