She Took a Night Shift to Pay Her Tuition — Then the City’s Most Powerful Heir Walked Into Her Bar
Chapter 4
Evelyn noticed Adrian watching her differently.
He asked strange questions.
About her father.
About where she lived.
About old family documents.
Finally she confronted him.
“Are you investigating me?”
Adrian didn’t deny it.
“Your father worked for my family.”
“And?”
“He died under suspicious circumstances.”
Evelyn’s face changed.
“You knew that?”
“I knew there were unanswered questions.”
She stepped closer.
“My father died when I was thirteen. My mother spent years blaming herself. We lost everything. And you knew there were questions?”
“I didn’t know how much you knew.”
“I knew he was innocent.”
Adrian looked at her.
“I never said he wasn’t.”
The next morning, Evelyn found an envelope outside her apartment.
Inside was an old photograph.
Her father stood beside a sophisticated woman in a black dress.
Adrian’s mother.
On the back was one sentence.
Your father tried to warn them. They made sure no one listened.
Evelyn’s hands trembled.
That evening, she took the photograph to Adrian.
He looked at it.
Then his expression changed completely.
“Where did you get this?”
“Someone sent it.”
He turned the picture over.
His jaw tightened.
“My mother never told me this.”
“Then maybe she knew more than both of us.”
Neither noticed the black car parked across the street.
Someone was watching them.
