Chapter 475

After years of marriage, Lionel could read Yvette's every mood without missing a beat.

He turned to her and asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"

Under Lionel's steady gaze, Yvette could only sigh in resignation. "I don't know if I'm just overthinking things, but I keep feeling like Suzan is nothing like you. You're sharp and quick-witted-no matter what trouble you land in, you always find a way out. But Suzan..."

She hesitated, searching Lionel's face for reassurance. "Honestly, maybe I'm just imagining things. It could just be me."

But Lionel surprised her by nodding. "I've thought the same. We don't look alike, and our personalities don't match at all. I've already asked someone to look into it."

He paused, his gaze darkening as his jaw tightened. "If they've been lying to me, I'll make sure they regret it."

Yvette offered a faint smile and said nothing more.

...

Suzan had assumed she'd be out in a flash. After all, how hard could it be? But Effie provided the police with a stack of evidence-documents exposing how Suzan had bribed Marian Evans to steal Shirley's design sketches, among other things.

She thought Lionel would pull some strings and get her released right away, but several days passed before she was finally let out.

the hook. She had to make a formal apology

blazed with anger as she

Fenton was formidable, so she bit back her rage and turned tearfully toward Lionel, her

looked her in the eye. "Suzan, you were in the wrong this time. If

you just―" Suzan's voice trembled as

felt a

investigating Suzan's connection to his mother, but nothing had come to light so far. He worried he'd made a mistake—maybe he was letting his own

wasn't really his niece, he'd

to live with the consequences

uncle's just

not a magician. He can't make every

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Yvette said gently. "If you won't apologize, you'll end up

a spike of panic. Those few days

choice but to grit her teeth and

Suzan's apology video was posted on every

the buzz Maurice

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