The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

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.

was briefing Lysander on the Bruce case.

laundering. He’s conned a fair share of women over the years, amassing a small fortune by illicit means and then plowing that money into the stock market, looking to double it. Money laundering

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

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

hold his gaze for a second before she quickly

through the tension with a

his tone matter-of-fact. “Please come with me. We

inherent authority in his voice still

at her reassuringly. “It’s okay, just tell them what you know,

a deep breath to steady her nerves, Evelyn followed Captain Payne into the interrogation

creating an ominous atmosphere. Evelyn sat down, her body tense with anxiety. She had never faced such a situation in her life, and it was