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!”

“Go ahead and cry. No one else lives near

first day here, he’d scanned for electronic devices nearby and found very few, a sure

piled some meat and veggies onto Langston’s plate and ordered, “Eat up.”

taste of the food, which

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

out of the blue, “Did your mom remarry and have another daughter after you?”

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

won’t ask any more questions today

just

Now I’m promising not to ask for the rest

There would be

now knew he probably had not only a

likely wasn’t a lie. So, the sister

Twins, perhaps?

he’d accidentally done

report to the Lopez Corporation?” Dorothy was

minding her own business, receive a call from the Lopez Corporation’s HR department? Could it be that Everett was onto

Corpamtion, and your employment contract has been transferred to

How could Lane sell the company to Everett? “I

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