Under the heiress facade

Linda never thought that Roman would make such a blunder. He brought the matter up without much thought, yet Hera managed to link it with this incident where he and Xavier fell into the water.

Roman was usually smart and quick-witted. Linda couldn't understand why he was so easily frightened today. Hera had only said a few words, yet he was already scared of her, causing him to expose himself. He was useless! If Linda tried to help him now, wouldn't it mean that she'd bear the brunt of the blame too?

"I believe you," Linda told Roman. "But the drugs were found in your backyard. I, too, have no idea what happened. I can't testify for you."

She took a step back from him as if she were trying to stay away from the plague.

Roman's eyes widened at her words. "You..." he muttered in disbelief.

Ever since Aurora dug up the drugs from his backyard, Roman became unsettled. He couldn't stop wondering just who put the drugs in his backyard.

All of a sudden, the answer emerged in his mind.

It was Linda! It must've been her!

She talked him into replacing the drugs, then had someone bury them in his backyard. The day the discovery was made would be the day he got kicked out of the Killian residence for good.

By then, no one would fight with her son, Frederick, for the family's inheritance. She was killing two birds with one stone!

Roman believed Linda, which almost resulted in Aurora's miscarriage.

he yelled, jabbing a finger at Linda. "You had someone bury the drugs in my

expression darkened at once. "Don't spout nonsense, Roman! You can't accuse me of doing it

was the one who buried the drugs there! She framed me!" Roman cried, turning around to

bump into Aurora

over to them, pulled them

this while, Hera's gaze shifted between Linda and Roman. After contemplating their words, Hera was sure that there

He accused Linda right away,

why Aurora failed to find out who swapped the drugs before this because the person knew what kind of evidence she had and could tweak the evidence. Eventually, Hera's gaze settled on Linda. Under the scorching sun, her hair and her clothes were almost dry. She

were indoors, it would explain why Linda wore a scarf since there was air-conditioning inside. But

under the shade of a tree and fanning herself

a sudden,

the recording that was fixed before this. It was different than how Linda sounded now. At that time, Bernard's

procured said nothing about Linda undergoing surgery before this. The

the traces left after

how should Hera check if there was a

Roman was still bawling his eyes out and tugging on Linda's hand pitifully. It was so hot, and he was making so much noise that it was causing

now, he was sitting on the ground quietly while a maid helped him dry his

his head lowered as

lowered so that no one could see the look in his eyes. His gaze was clear, and he perked his ears to listen to