Heartthrob: The vampire princess doesn't want to be a stand-in

Luke's grandson finally came back to his senses from his fright, and when he was about to scream, a silver bullet pierced his heart. He fell on Luke with his eyes wide open in disbelief. Garland looked back in shock, and Evelyn blew on the still smoking gun and put it away with an indifferent expression.

"Evelyn!" After waking up from the shock, Garland stared at Evelyn in disbelief. The trembling in his throat betrayed his forced calmness.

“Grandpa specifically told me to do this. He knows you can’t do it, and there’s nothing I can do about it.” Evelin knew what was waiting for her.

She was not afraid of Garland's anger, but she was afraid that Garland would be alienated from her because of this life. Adorable Della threatened her with Garland again, and she had no choice.

Between a life that was insignificant to her and Garland, she didn't need to think and would definitely choose the latter.

"Retreat!" There was no expected outburst of rage, and the conversation ended in Garland's cold eyes. Evelyn couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. Even if he was angry with her, it would be better than this calmness.

The two did not stay for too long. They avoided the crowd and took the planned route to get on the helicopter. The remaining guests also evacuated Queen Mary 2 one after another with the help of the attendants.

Evelyn stared through the helicopter window at the gradually sinking Queen Mary 2 and the panicked crowd, and Luke's kindly smiling face appeared in her mind.

Everything that just happened seemed like a dream. Luke and the Queen Mary sank completely to the bottom of the sea in the dark night with their secrets.

On the second day, major news that shocked the Northern Continent occupied the headlines of major newspapers.

The abdication banquet of the former vice-president of the Senate could not escape the curse of the sinking of the Queen Mary. It once again caused tragedy due to a shipwreck. Thirty-eight guests were killed and no one in the Cavendish family survived.

All the people on the list of victims were related to the Senate's secret plan. The meaning of this is intriguing, but no one knows it. The only ones who know clearly are the Senate and Edward who decided to massacre these people.

Evelyn was absorbed in reading the newspaper when the door suddenly opened. Garland walked in with a solemn expression on his face. Evelyn waited absentmindedly for his anger.

Garland stared at Evelyn's pupils for a moment, then grabbed her head and pulled her into his arms, hugging her tighter. Evelyn was stunned for a moment, then hugged Garland back and spoke.

"sorry."

"You did nothing wrong." After a long time, Garland's tired voice came. He understood, of course he understood.

When Edward reminded him today not to blame Evelyn, he understood that the only way Evelyn could go against her will was because Edward threatened her with himself. How could he blame her for this?

"Yi Yi, I just... I just..." Garland endured the overflowing fog, but his tiny and trembling voice did not escape Evelyn's sharp ears.

"As puppets of the Lan family, we should never feel sympathy for the target of our mission."

"But I understand your guilt. You've done a great job." Evelyn imitated the way Garland comforted him when he was a child, and stroked his head softly.

She did understand that all of Garland's anger and coldness came from himself.

He could not forgive himself for killing his respected mentor with his own hands, but he could not escape the oppression of this fate.

Born in such a family and in such troubled times, how many people can truly control their own destiny? I'm afraid no one can.

"Oli asked us to go to the shooting range tomorrow. Are you interested, brother?"

Seeing Garland calm down, Evelyn took the opportunity to speak.

She wanted to relax with him, and Oli invited her, so shooting was a good choice.

I just hope grandpa can give them some breathing time recently and not assign them tasks too quickly.

"Okay, but I have something to do in the morning. You go first tomorrow, and I'll rush over as soon as you're done." Garland responded to Evelyn without hesitation.

Evelyn nodded, and Garland received a phone call and hurriedly packed his luggage and flew abroad overnight.

Under the night sky, Evelin was in a daze.

She had forgotten that Garland would go abroad at this time every month, rain or shine.

She didn't know where exactly it was, and Garland never said a word about why. She wanted to go and take a look many times, but was stopped by Garland. After that, she lost interest in continuing to explore.

As the cool breeze blew and the sky began to brighten, a helicopter landed on the southern continent, sweeping up countless fallen leaves.

This is the helipad of Garland's private sanatorium in the border town of China in the southern continent. It is surrounded by dense woods and is guarded by layers of guards, and no one can enter.

As soon as Garland stepped down the stairs, the doctors came up to him.

"How is she?"

Everyone suddenly fell silent and looked at each other, no one dared to speak.

Garland's face darkened when he saw this, and the aura around him instantly dropped to freezing point. He quickened his pace and walked towards the ward.

"Where are the people?!" Garland came to the window and saw that there was no one in the room. He roared angrily and wished he could shoot all those people.

"Gallan?" A soft voice sounded as everyone was pushing and shoving each other. Everyone immediately made way and shrank behind the girl.

Garland saw the man calm down and walked towards the girl, putting his coat on her thin shoulders.

"Where have you been?" Garland said lightly and helped her back to the ward.

"Don't blame them, I'm fine. I was the one who asked them to lie and tell you that I was not feeling well." The girl calmed Garland's breath and responded cautiously.

"Why are you calling me here?" Garland paused and spoke. He had received a call saying that his condition had suddenly worsened, otherwise he would not have planned to come this month.

Thinking of the appointment with Evelyn in the afternoon, Garland decided to arrange to return immediately.

The girl seemed to notice Garland's absent-mindedness, so she bravely took his arm and asked him to stay for lunch.

"I got up early and prepared a lot of fresh ingredients..." Seeing Garland hesitate, the girl rubbed her depressed chest, her bright smile dimmed, and she looked lost.

"Okay." Garland sighed secretly and agreed when he saw her actions.

The girl chuckled when she heard the answer she wanted, and she knew that this trick would work on Garland.

"Then sit down and wait for me." The girl smiled gently and walked to the kitchen to continue working.

"Take care of yourself and don't force yourself." Garland couldn't help but remind her when he saw her boneless hands holding the hilt of the knife.

"Don't worry, you've protected me to the point of turning me into a cripple." The girl turned around and smiled knowingly, her hands moving very skillfully.

Garland was a little surprised. He didn't expect that such a pampered young lady could actually cook.

North Continent Blue Castle

Evelyn yawned sleepily. It was time for them to go to bed, but no one knew what Oli was so anxious about. He dragged them out to play as soon as they returned to the South Continent.

Just as she was thinking about it, an overly flashy rose-red supercar stopped in front of Evelin.