If only Cassian had bothered to read the comprehensive investigation file about Everly that had been sitting on his study desk since last night—the one he'd finally received after returning from his overseas business trip—literally ALL of this could have been avoided.
The file his men had compiled contained everything: Sylvia's mother kidnapping newborn Everly and dumping her at an orphanage, her entire childhood timeline, right up to her return to the Tang family two weeks ago.
Every single documented detail proved she'd never even MET Jeremy before returning to her family. There was even concrete evidence showing Everly had been in a completely different city two months ago when Cassian stayed at that hotel—making their supposed passionate night together physically impossible unless she'd mastered teleportation.
