Chapter 33: Belly And Laila
Zevian sighed and shook his head; Damien had always been very blunt about his work. Sensing Evelyn was almost paling, he quickly intervened, "Stop joking around, Damien."
Damien blinked in confusion but caught Zevian’s eye and faked a laugh, "Hahaha, I caught you there." He glanced at his assistant, who swiftly understood the signal and rushed to tell the team to pause for a while.
"Nicholas got bailed the day after our wedding. He was planning to flee the city, so they chased him down and locked him here since he’s our major suspect," Zevian explained to Evelyn. She nodded, trying to compose herself.
But a nagging doubt remained. Why did she feel like Damien wasn’t joking earlier? Whatever the case, she decided not to dwell on it. This family was called devils for a reason, and she just hoped Damien could help them.
"Get the stuff," Zevian ordered, keen to shift focus away from the tense moment and any embarrassing stories Damien might spill.
Damien nodded and instructed his team to set things up, revealing they had already been working on it. "We’ve been digging into everyone around you, and trust me, there were some thrilling revelations even I didn’t anticipate," Damien said, as his staff connected to the screen.
The day she was declared the false heiress of the Wright family, Zevian had put Damien on the task of digging into the scandal. Damien had wondered why his usually composed friend would go to such lengths for a woman, but now he understood.
"Firstly, let’s start with the prostitute/maid who came to the mansion claiming to be your real mother," Damien began, a profile appearing on the screen.
"Belly was indeed working for your family and tried to pin her pregnancy on your father. But when your grandmother kicked her out, she aborted the child, later marrying someone else, but that ended in disaster."