Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

apter 35

Walter rubbed his fingers together, chasing the ghost of Evangeline's touch.

Unable to shake the agitation within, he found himself lighting a cigarette, breaking a long-abandoned habit.

Evangeline, alone in the bathroom, let the water cleanse her as if it could wash away her troubles.

Just then, a call from Cole's assistant, Asher came in. She snatched up the phone, desperate for news

about her grandfather.

With a trembling finger, she hit the answer button.

Relief washed over her as Wade, her bodyguard, delivered the news with barely contained excitement. " Miss, your grandfather's out of surgery, and the doctors say he's out of the woods for now." "That's wonderful," breathed Evangeline, her emotions a tangled mess.

to lead the company, to keep everyone steady. We're making critical moves up north, and

be there for the meeting tomorrow. And hold off on any deals with the Gordons or overseas expansion. We'll wait until Grandpa is

to rally the troops and keep the empire her

getting suspicious about who you really are. He's digging into you and Mr. Foster. He's bound to figure it out, so why not just come clean? It might get him 'Tell him? My deal with Walter was

not planning on sticking around after her

on a collision course. If she stepped up to lead Foster

not worth the

morning," she said before ending the call. Evangeline revealed in

the joy of the lovely Evangeline inside the bath. She was that overjoyed

smoke, Evangeline, who had arrived without a stitch of her own, rifled through Walter's closet and slipped into

on Evangeline was so long it grazed her thighs, making

seem unnecessary.

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