After carrying Grace to safety, Julian spotted the Hugo family servants rushing to put out the fire, and a wave of relief washed over him. He took Grace to the hospital for a full checkup, only relaxing once he confirmed she was unharmed.
The image of Sylvia staring at him through blazing flames, tears pooling in her wide, helpless eyes, flashed across Julian's mind unbidden. A flicker of unnameable curiosity pricked at him, and he finally spoke up, "What were you and Sylvia doing in that storage room?"
Grace's heart skipped a violent beat, but she masked her panic with a trembling, pitiful gaze, her voice soft and shaky. "She texted me out of the blue, saying she had secrets about you to tell me face-to-face."
With that, she pulled out her phone and held up the pre-forged chat logs, he
