ack into the Evans residence, her

want to divorce him,"

landed. Her palm cracked across Rylee's cheek with su

see half the family gathered in the room-y

ou chased Alec shamelessly from the time you were a child. Then right after graduation, you drugged tha

ughter. Where do you get the audacity to throw away the Brad

's twisted expression, a hollow a

had studied every shift in the Evans family's moods, b

hat, in their eyes, she was not

e located our biological daughter, Alina Evans. Alec is bound to learn sooner or later that you were never truly part of the Evans bloodline. Instead of

nd toward a servant. "Go

round Rylee's age des

to an affectionate hug and gently fussed with t

ed by warmth, Karan

blurred as her

Karan held he

like any mother, saved her tender

had any real claim to that kind of affection in the firs

her chest, as if the world had q

id everything she reached for slip through her

f your lowly background. Do you have any idea what's at stake? The Bradley family hold the key to our funding, and you're

ache in Rylee's chest grew-every sen

his house offe

eld for her, then walking aw

hed herself upright. "Then what are you waitin

lain cup across the room, the impact cra

the Evans family did for you, this is h

atching Rylee's calf and slicing a clean

ping a hand around Rylee's arm. "Rylee, you're

ter enjoying the Evans name for so many years, shouldn't y

ally cracked. Rylee pulled fr

se, her heel striking a kettle behind h

tore from her th

r embrace as though the pain had shattered

the cheek, the blow snapping her head to the si

rvants to fetch the

shaking Alina into her arms. "If anything happ