Chapter 25: Wolf Unleashed

(Evan POV) I sat in the private room, still gripping the phone that had just been hung up on me, my expression dark as storm clouds. Aline's attitude just now left me completely baffled. I'd asked about her bidding results out of genuine concern, wanting to comfort her, yet she inexplicably lashed out at me, saying I was "pretending to care." What exactly had happened? Why would she think that way? But I truly didn't understand what she might have learned. I'd helped her get the bidding opportunity...