The Queen Returns—And She’s Unforgiving novel Chapter 61

Chapter 61 

Evelyn storage in plan, diselewshing over hei 

That casual, dionisdive imme. I was minginer–like she was tort 

She was worthy 

nothing more than a pre 

a profact the exaluated Even something as fundamental as handing children had to be scrutinized to an it 

To them, she could compare to Tiffany–J 

—a PhD graduate from a top–tier versity. She wasn’t in the same league 

They had no idea that there worth our deeper than they realized. 

Once her treatment and surgery started, she would lose the ability to be a mother foreve 

No wonder Lucas had always been indifferent coward intimacy with her, even before the divorce talk. Had he already decided back then that she wasn’t good enough to be the mother of his 

child? 

He probably agreed with every 

Evelyn didn’t want to be responded to Sharon 

1. on. His vague response to Maria at dinner said it all he had intention of having a child with her. H word Sharon had wid 

He grip lightened around the pill bottle as she turned back toward the bedroom. Her besathing was shallow, her lips slowly Iming odor 

She opened the bottle with stiff, mechanical movements and swallowed the pill dry. The bitterness coated her tongs, lingering like a had aftertaste. 

She couldn’t tell what was harder to swallow–the medicine of the Witness in het heat 

Evelyn closed her eyes for a moment and forced herself to calm down. She wasn’t going to sleep anytime soon, she went back to her laptop and started working on project details. The end–of–year deadline was approaching fast. There was still a lot she had to finalizo. After adjusting some cure data, she finally moved to the bed with a book in hand. 

Lately, she had been carrying around a few books on aerospace engineering, extracting useful insights through algorithmic analysis. 

titie door spined and Lucas walked in. 

Under the soft glow of the warm orange Lamp, Evelyn looked up at him, surprised to see that he hadn’t let Grant Man 

Lucas made his way to the wandi obe. As he pulled out a fresh set of clothes, his gaze beletly flicked to the book in her hands–dubital Theory and Applications in Spacecraft Engineering He had read that one before. It was a highly technical book with mense academic and technological value. Recently, he had recommended it to Tillany. Even she had struggled with it. “You understand that?” he asked casually, taking our his clothes. He wasn’t condescending, but the gation itself made Evelyn uncomfortable. 

She kept her eyes on the page as she replied, “More or less.” 

She had already mastered the esment years ago. She was jar reading it to see if she had any new insights. 

Lucas narrowed his pes slightly, thing her “You’ve been working hard lately,” he commented. 

Evelyn lifted her gaze, sensing an implication behind his words. Was he suggesting she was trying to imitate Tiffany! That she was deliberately chasing after her, trailing in her shadow? She almost laughed, but she didn’t bother explaining, Whatever Lucas thought didn’t matter to her. 

He said nothing else and walked past the bed toward the couch. As he moved, his eyes landed on her laptop. The screen was still on. 

Then, for some reason, he stopped. His gaze lingered 

Evelyn’s expression instantly changed. 

She quickly got up, walked over, and slammed the laptop shut. Her tone was cold. “What did you see?” 

Lucasfintly looked at her. 

She rarely showed this kind of sharpness. But right now, her eyes held caution, indifference, and trustration, like she was hiding something. Like there was something in that laptop she 

Lucas actually had seen anything clearly. But her reaction reminded him of something Along time ago. pever talked about. Was that why she was cearting this way now? Was it that secret? 

he had accidentally come acco 

La certaine on laptop–secret she had