Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 23

Ruby tried to spit out curses, but Evangeline's bodyguard was quick to silence her.

"Think this is the end?" said Evangeline. "The real show's just starting!"

She rose to her feet and walked away with a commanding stride. Before she left, however, she turned to her bodyguards. "Make sure she's well taken care of!" "Absolutely, Ms. Evangeline."

Ruby, mouth sealed, was on the verge of a breakdown.

'How dare you seek help, Evangeline! Who gave you the guts? Mr. Walter Gordon will never let this slide!' screamed Ruby internally.

After leaving the station, Evangeline was whisked away to the hospital for some minor bandaging. In the past, even a tiny scrape would have sent her into a dramatic frenzy at the hospital.

For the past three years, the Foster family's elite bodyguard team had been on call but never needed. However, the moment they returned to duty, they found Evangeline suffering such indignities. Wade was livid. He could not just stand by and do nothing.

The Fosters were a force to be reckoned with in the South, wielding influence as easily as one might control the weather. To cross them was to invite fear.

A formidable line of bodyguards, clad in sharp suits and dark sunglasses, stood outside the corridor. They were the epitome of uniformity and discipline, each a testament to the Foster family's rigorous training. They were an intimidating sight, a sea of black-clad protectors.

When someone inquired about the Garside family's debacle, Wade could not hide his contempt. "The Garsides dared to harm Ms. Evangeline, darling of the Foster family, her maternal side, so grievously. They've worn out their welcome in the capital. Off to Northern Montavia with them, to toil in the fields," he decreed.

"Understood!"

Meanwhile, after Evangeline's release from custody, Ruby received another harsh lesson from Jay. Only when she was hauled back and the Garside family convened for an urgent family meeting did she grasp the severity of her actions. Evangeline was far from the simple country girl the rumors painted her to be. She had a powerful ally, a mysterious benefactor behind her. She had made an enemy that not even the Garsides could afford to

cross.

Even so, was there anyone more powerful than Walter?

Unbelievable. Evangeline had sought the company of another man behind Walter's back.

No matter. She had the formidable Walter Gordon in her corner.

"Uncle, why are you afraid of what Evangeline might do? Mr. Walter Gordon instructed me to handle her!

She just hurt someone who means a lot to Mr. Walter Gordon!"

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not yet divorced... You're not

Impossible.

Not

panic, too frazzled to even think about the hospital, so she called Julia

with Julia's gentle heart, she was sure to

herself, and with her world spinning, she reached out

you've got to help me." She spilled the beans about everything that went down

to

Julia had made

Walter had not escorted her home, and her jaw dropped when she heard Evangeline

blink at the Gordon family, while the Garside

their boots.

the perfect chance for Walter to see that woman's

laid it on thick, giving Ruby's tale her

in the

tracked down Evangeline's whereabouts. After hanging up the phone outside her hospital,

A rugged stranger, huh?

lived up to

struggling to find the words. "Mr. Walter Gordon, regarding James' identity you asked me to dig into, there's a gap in his past three years. It's as if someone wiped it clean, including everything about Evang "One thing is certain: they met in the Serenova, and this is the only photo I could find. It's rare for

gaze fixed on Evangeline's carefree laughter as she nestled in

arms.

chilling darkness flashed in

crimson tip of his cigarette glowed against the night, scattering

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Chapter 23

naive, thinking he can play this game.

cigarette, he set the photo ablaze. The red flame

up. "Understood. I'll

give the Garsides a

""Will do."