“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.”

her. “Have you considered what would happen if the

find anything, what about Nathan then? Can

do his own digging?”

to investigate?

I said it

she had no idea

big, puzzled eyes. “Yulipop, are you

stared at Anya for a long moment before shaking

Yulia’s

filled with a tender light as she tousled

protect you,

with a message from Ronald. [We need to meet.

[No need.]

she put

was in the kitchen, managing only a few simple dishes. Carly had tried to kick Yulia

only when Anya started complaining of hunger did Yulia reluctantly abandon

and leave the

doorbell rang. It was Ronald, standing

frowned, “Didn’t you

it’s necessary. For the

him off coldly. “What do you know? What

I can’t handle

only thing that nearly broke me in this life is behind me. I’ve survived betrayal by the one person I

the only one I thought I could turn to. What’s left that I can’t

lips, “Yulia, you know I’ve never meant to hurt

control. She took a deep

confused.

to invite me in?” Ronald

knew refusing him would just send him away for

grabbed her coat and

I’ll

her leg. “Will

smiled softly.

looked up at

smile. “I like her

“You like

He nodded. “Of course.”

you can only like her a little bit. Yulipop belongs to Nathan, so

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