Chapter 38

Lucian's line was busy. Ariella glanced toward Fiona, who was already walking further and further away. Thankfully, she hadn't answered, so it probably wasn't Lucian calling her. Her guess was spot-on-Lucian was on the phone with his brother, Liam. Four years ago, Lucian had asked Liam to dig into someone named Ariella, but he came back empty-handed. Two years ago, Ariella showed up again. This time, Liam found something, just not the kind of info Lucian was looking for. Truth be told, Lucian wasn't even sure what exactly he wanted to know-whether it was proof that Ariella was innocent and he'd just misunderstood her, or the opposite. "Liam, dig deeper into Ariella's recent moves. See who she's been hanging around with," Lucian said into the phone, voice low and clipped. A lot of things weren't suitable for Dylan to handle directly-everyone knew he was Lucian's right hand. But Liam? As the second son of the Sterling family, most people didn't know what he actually did. "Got it, big bro