Chapter 288

"I didn’t! Dad, if you don’t believe me, you can totally go check out Night Banquet. Look into whether Luke Miller showed up tonight! And not just him—Nicholas Evans, the CEO of Evans Group, was there too!" "What? Nicholas Evans was also there? But I thought those two didn’t even have anything to do with each other. Why would they be hanging out together in private?" Anthony Harris looked like he’d stumbled on some big secret. In a city like Centralia, two major players showing up at the same party? That had to mean something. His brain immediately started connecting all kinds of dots. "Dad, come on, why would I lie to you? Everything I said is true! If I was making stuff up, you’d know the moment you looked into it, right?" Laurel Thompson and Melissa Harris were completely stunned! Just how did this girl manage to cozy up to all these heavyweights? One Luke Miller was already impressive enough—and now she even knew someone from the Evans family? Laurel couldn't hold it in and blurted