Chapter 405

Langston nearly dropped his fork in shock. “1… It’s my neighbor’s sister!”

Everett placed the dishes on the table and sat down in front of him.

“Langston, it’s not good for kids to lie all the time.”

“I’m not lying.”

“You have a sister. Your mom had two kids.” Everett’s words weren’t a question. They were a statement – a statement of certainty.

But that wasn’t the point. The real issue was the panic visible in Langston’s eyes after Everett spoke.

That meant Everett had hit the nail on the head. Even if it took a little cunning to draw it out

“I’m not hungry anymore!” Langston felt like everything was laid bare before Everett, and it was better to just avoid the topic altogether. He tried to put down his fork and leave.

But Everett grabbed Langston’s wrist before he could pull away.

“You need to finish your dinner. Before that, you’re not going anywhere.”

“You’re trying to bully me! I’ll start crying, just you watch!”

cry. No one else lives near the Bay

his first day here, he’d scanned for electronic devices nearby and found very

piled some meat and veggies onto Langston’s plate and

especially after getting a taste of the food, which had whetted his

was still wary. “Then you can’t ask me any more questions! I won’t

blue, “Did your mom remarry and have another daughter

mom didn’t remarry! Uh… Langston realized his slip–up too late. “I’m

I won’t ask any more questions today

you just said

didn’t make any promises before. It was you who spoke. Now I’m promising not to ask

he couldn’t rush these things. There would be plenty

now knew he probably had not only a son but also a

a lie. So, the

Twins, perhaps?

be that he’d accidentally done it with other

Corporation?” Dorothy was flabbergasted when she got

call from the Lopez Corporation’s HR

your company, East Star Enterprises, is now part of the Lopez Corpamtion,

How could Lane sell the company to

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