Opening Up (5)

Many theories raced through Annabelle's mind as she heard her brother's rejection of her question, but she chose to stay silent and listen until he finished, as she didn't want to rush into assessing the situation again.

"In the first place, she had some kind of mysterious background, which even until now, I had not been fully aware of."

Raising an eyebrow at this statement, Annabelle kept listening intently, and her brother continued, revealing that Eva was actually the mother of that schoolmate, not her older sister, which shocked her. But before she could react, he dropped an even more horrifying revelation.

"The problem is, the fucker Damian seems to have some sort of design against Eva. So, when we became quite close, he sent an assassin last night."

Hearing her worst fear come true, Annabelle was frozen, unable to utter a single word, and seeing her reaction, Christian quickly continued to reassure her.