Chapter 46: The Real Successor

Evelyn didn't waste a second before heading to see her father. Zevian had offered to accompany her, but she refused, suspecting this might be another ploy to manipulate him. She couldn't afford to let her guard down, especially now.

"He'll be fine, don't worry," Avery reassured her, placing a comforting hand over Evelyn's as John drove them toward the Wright Mansion.

Though William had despised her all his life—quick to believe the lies that led to her being embroiled in the fake daughter scandal—he was still her biological father, the only family she had on record. No matter how much she tried to distance herself, her mother's dying face always pulled her back to him whenever he was in trouble. And as much as she hated to admit it, they needed his DNA samples to confirm the results once and for all. This was the best way to put the scandal to rest.