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.

Linda. "You had

once. "Don't spout nonsense, Roman! You can't accuse me of doing it just because I couldn't

Mom, she framed me! She was the one who buried the drugs there! She

feared that Roman would accidentally bump

pulled them

gaze shifted between Linda and Roman. After contemplating their words, Hera was

accused Linda right away,

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 also wore a yellow

a scarf since there was air-conditioning inside. But they were outdoors now,

a tree and fanning herself with a hand. Even

of a sudden, Hera

before this. It was different than how Linda sounded now. At that time, Bernard's instincts told him that the voice in

Hera procured said nothing about Linda undergoing surgery before this. The information that Known

left after undergoing surgery could not

how should Hera check if there was a post-surgical

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 the

easier if only Xavier would step forth and tell everyone the truth. As of now, he was sitting on the

had his head lowered as

could see the look in his eyes. His gaze was clear, and he perked his ears to listen to the conversation