Chapter 476

The dinner party ended with fading laughter as guests bid their farewells.

Evelyn Laurent checked her phone again.

The screen remained blank.

Ethan Sullivan's chat window glared back at her in silence.

He had promised to pick her up.

Was the international conference still keeping him?

Her knuckles turned white as she clenched the device.

A black Rolls-Royce glided to a stop before her.

The window lowered, revealing Julian Langley's striking profile.

"Get in. I'll drive you home."

The light in Evelyn's eyes dimmed instantly.

"Why you?"

She opened the car door, unable to mask her disappointment.

Julian clutched his chest dramatically. "Little sister finds me lacking? Should I leave then?"

His Oscar-worthy performance materialized on command.

Evelyn shook her head with a sigh. "That's not what I meant."

She fastened her seatbelt while stealing glances out the window.

Julian's grip tightened on the steering wheel.

Harrison Whitmore's investigation results had unsettled him.

Ethan's discarded phone had been found in the east suburban brush.

But the man himself had vanished.

More disturbingly, surveillance only captured him leaving the office.

After that - complete disappearance.

"Third brother!"

Evelyn called for the third time.

Julian snapped back to attention. "Hmm?"

"You're acting strange tonight." Evelyn narrowed her eyes. "What's really going on?"

"Just struggling with a difficult role." His forced chuckle accompanied a press on the accelerator.

Evelyn studied his tense profile.

The excuse rang hollow.

What was her third brother hiding?