“I can get a PR firm to sweep this under the rug. I could have handled it myself.”

Ronald listened until I finished speaking. “Yulia, is Anya really your sister?”

His unexpected question made Yulia’s heart skip a beat. Without thinking, she shot back, “Of course she is my

sister.”

“I’m just curious. What exactly were you doing during those months you disappeared? It’s one thing to have a tight

grip on the company shares, but doesn’t the sudden appearance of a sister strike you as odd?”

Yulia pressed a hand to her chest, trying to calm her racing heart. “What’s so odd about it? Only someone with a

dark mind would find everything peculiar.”

“And why are you so nervous then?” Ronald pressed.d2

Yulia swallowed hard, her hand on her chest curling into a fist. “I’m not.”

“Yulia, I really hope Anya is your sister.”

Yulia bit her lip and stayed silent.

But Ronald persisted, “So, is she really your sister?”

That question had been eating at him for a while. Yulia’s disappearance and the sudden appearance of a sister

upon her return were too closely linked. He knew her parents were a solid couple. It was unthinkable that her father

would have a child with another woman so soon after her mother’s death.

And if it were true, why couldn’t he find any information about Anya’s mother? There should be some trace of her

after her father passed away.

“What exactly are you trying to say?”

“As long as Anya isn’t involved with Nathan, it doesn’t matter if you’re hiding something about her.”

“It’s none of your business, and you don’t need to know.”

called her name, halting her. “Have you considered what would

about Nathan then? Can you be

do his own digging?”

to investigate?

said it

guard again, her heart clenched, and she had no idea what to say.

with big, puzzled eyes. “Yulipop, are you scared?

for a long moment before shaking her head.

Yulia’s stomach. “Don’t be scared, I’ll

tender light as she

always protect you,

[We need to meet. I’ll pick you up in

[No need.]

put

only a few

Anya started complaining of hunger did Yulia reluctantly

and leave

It was Ronald, standing

“Didn’t you get my

it’s necessary. For the

for me.” Yulia cut him off coldly. “What do you know? What are you trying to prove? What

I can’t

in this life is behind me.

thought I could turn to. What’s

his lips, “Yulia, you know I’ve never

She took a deep breath and realized Anya was watching

confused.

you going to invite me in?”

refusing him would just send him away for the moment,

grabbed her coat and told Anya, “Stay home and play with

okay? I’ll be right

her leg. “Will anyone

smiled softly. “Ask

looked up at Ronald with

“I like her too

beamed. “You like

He nodded. “Of course.”

her a little bit. Yulipop belongs to Nathan, so you can’t like her

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