The next morning, as soon as Charlotte stepped outside, she ran straight into Evander. She pretended nothing had happened the night before–just acted like she’d really been too drunk to remember.

“Vera said you brought me home last night. Thanks,” she said, and started toward the elevator.

He stepped in front of her, blocking her path, his eyes narrowing. “That’s

it?”

She raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”

“You really don’t remember the nonsense you said last night?”

Charlotte pressed her lips together, a frown knitting her brow. “It was drunken rambling, Mr. Howard. Why take it so seriously?”

Evander just stared at her in silence.

“The elevator’s here. Move,” she said, brushing past him to step inside.

The metal doors slid shut between them, their gazes lingering until the last moment before they each disappeared from view.

Evander stood there for a moment, unmoving, until his phone rang. It was Natalie.

“Mr. Howard, we’ve identified those two people. They’re not with Miss Winthrop or the Pembrokes. One of them is the owner of a beauty spa named Zoe.”

He frowned. “Donovan?”

related to Loretta Donovan’s family, but she’s well–connected in Riverspire’s social circles. She’s definitely someone with a

was silent for a moment. “Keep an eye on her

out of the private testing lab, a sealed envelope

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car. As soon as Julian climbed in, he handed

opened the file. The second he saw the 99% match, he almost

stunned silence. He reached for the report, scanning it himself–then looked up in surprise. “She really is… Miss? I’ll

the call. Even with the result in front of him, he couldn’t explain the strange

her morning seeing patients. Near lunchtime, she got a call from Wesley, asking her to meet at

Wesley was already waiting alone–Julian

you here? Aren’t you supposed to be

found her,”

genuinely surprised. But he seemed distracted, hardly the picture of joy she’d expected. “What’s

real sister. But now that I have, it just… doesn’t feel right. It’s like she isn’t really

you

shrugged, “It’s just a

it’s just

was no humor in it.

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her name?” Charlotte

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