Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

Eric trembled, trying to slip through with a mix of truth and lies He lowered his head in guilt, not daring to look at Yvette.

Yvette smiled faintly and said in a soft voice, “Sit back down.”

Eric froze, thinking he had misheard her. He hesitated and asked uncertainly, “W-What did you say?”

Yvette’s brow twitched in slight impatience. Seeing her gesture, Eric instinctively recoiled against the wall.

He knew he hadn’t misheard her. Crawling back onto the chair in the interrogation room, he sat still, not daring to move.

Yvette took an old-fashioned pocket watch out of her pocket, its cracked surface making it look worn with age.

Eric saw the pocket watch and felt puzzled, wondering what she was planning to do.

Yvette stared at Eric, and her delicate hand gently swung the old pocket watch. As Eric stared at the watch, his eyes began to lose focus, and everything around him seemed to blur, including Yvette’s exquisite face.

The watch swung faster and faster until Eric completely lost consciousness. His eyes went vacant, losing all sense of sanity. Yvette pursed her lips, put the watch away, and softly asked, “Who told you to crash into Zachary’s car?”

come out, then crash into it. Afterward, I just had to pretend it was a case of

on her face, casually leaned back, nonchalantly asking, “Does Jason have a grudge

as he shook his head. “No. It’s because of the Smith family. Jason is the Smith family’s butler, Jason Davis. No one knows that his real name is Jason Wilson. He’s been working for Dennis for years. He knows that the Smith family went bankrupt because of the Chambers family, so he’s been trying

eyes were indifferent. Slowly, she

looked up at Yvette, still unaware of everything he had just confessed. He stubbornly said, “You

an eyebrow. “Is your brother Jason Davis

shocked. His face drained of color and he struggled to deny it. “What are you

She stood up and walked toward the door. Then she paused for a moment, her voice laced with coldness. “You know that your brother is just using you. If he really cared about you, you wouldn’t be in the situation you’re in now, not even able

that, Yvette pushed the door open and left. Behind her, Eric’s cries echoed as if his last hope had been taken away. He; collapsed onto

When he finally did come back, he asked him to harm others. Eric had desperately clung to that fragile sense of familial bond, but now, he regretted it. The very family affection he longed for

had witnessed the whole process. Seeing Eric hunched over the table, crying his heart out, Wyau sighed. He felt that Eric was indeed a pitiable man, used by his brother, still trying to protect him. He didn’t expect the Smith

Seacrity’s economy. Zane didn’t know the history between the Smith and Chambers families, but he thought the family grudges here were truly terrible. He didn’t expect that a butler would end up harming others for his employer who had already died. What surprised him even more was

few years ago, he had discussed hypnotism with a psychologist he had worked with on cases. He knew that timing, environment, and the hypnotist were all important. The human mind was the most complex

his eyes gleaming with curiosity. He turned to Jeremiah, saying with a flattering smile, “Yvette is so impressive. I always thought that hypnotism was something you only saw on TV. I didn’t expect that she could do it. How did she hypnotize him? Was it just with a pocket watch? I’ve got to ask her where she bought

words made Jeremiah