Chapter 171

His smirk landed right in Lillian's eyes. It felt like a slap—sharp and stinging, making her vision blur for a moment. She didn't dare meet Julian's eyes. Her face had gone pale, as white as a sheet. Wrapping her arms around herself tightly, she shivered nonstop, like a lonely leaf caught in the late autumn chill. Right then, she was really, genuinely scared. Julian's gaze slid down to her wrist. He stared straight at the bracelet wrapped around it. The same one he'd seen in the video Victor had sent him—where Evelyn had been pushed toward Brandon. It was identical to the one Evelyn had shown him in that picture too. Sensing where his attention landed, Lillian's eyes followed his line of sight. Panicked, she tried to cover the bracelet with her hand, wanting to hide it from view. Honestly, she wasn't even sure why Julian looked at it like that, but her gut reaction said to cover it. Too many things didn't feel right. But before she could react, Julian reached out and yanked the bracele