The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 1321

Evelyn was rattled, her emotions raw as she wrenched herself away from David’s grasp, tears brimming in her eyes as she glared at him. “I won’t go, I refuse to set foot in the police station. Don’t you dare try to stop me!”

With those words, she made to leave.

But David was quick, stepping in front of her to block her path. Seeing her in such a frantic state, he tried to soothe her fears. “Ms. Pendleton, you’ve got it all wrong. Mr. Sinclair isn’t sending you to the slammer. He just needs you to testify.”

A flicker of panic gave way to confusion in Evelyn’s tearful gaze. “Testify?” she asked, incredulous. “To what?”

“About Bruce’s fraud,” David clarified.

The realization that she wasn’t being carted off to jail calmed Evelyn considerably, and she followed David into the police station.

Inside the precinct, Captain Payne was briefing Lysander on the Bruce case.

and then plowing that money into the stock market, looking to double it. Money laundering through investment. But to nail him for

Lysander, Evelyn caught Lysander’s piercing gaze. It sent a shiver down her spine, a

usually assertive at home in Thalassa’s presence, but she found herself shrinking away outside of it, especially under Lysander’s intimidating stare. She felt her courage crumbling

his gaze for a second before she quickly looked

the witness,” Lysander’s voice cut through the tension with a

“Please come with me. We need to get your statement.”

Payne spoke softly, the inherent authority in his voice still made Evelyn flinch. She looked helplessly

okay, just tell them what you know, that’s all.”

steady her nerves, Evelyn followed Captain Payne into

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sat down, her body tense with anxiety.

sat across from her, a notebook in hand, a recorder set up on