Chapter 18

During the past week, Lilith had watched Charles turn the city upside down just because I'd left. Maybe she thought that as long as I stayed gone, he'd still be hers. She never imagined he'd bring me back. "Shayla, you already took the money we gave you! Why did you come back?" Lilith tried to scratch me. I rushed to hide behind Charles. "Charles..." "Stop it, Lilith!" He shielded me and signaled his bodyguards to hold her off. Just then, her parents came out. They looked wary of Charles. When they spotted me, their faces twisted like they'd just swallowed a fly. "Charles, no matter what's going on between you and Lilith, you're still engaged to her. And now that you know who Shayla really is, what are you even doing here?" By then, I was sure Charles had already found out about my background. No wonder he had given me that look when I addressed them as "Mom and Dad" as we had walked in. He knew I was pretending, yet he wasn't mad at all. That meant my trip abroad paid off. I