Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter

45

"Oh, Mr. Walter Gordon, do you have some secrets that can't stand the light of day?" Evangeline's voice dripped with scorn.

Walter's expression turned stormy, a dark cloud over his features.

Before the stunned crowd, he pulled Evangeline away without so much as a second- thought, leaving a ripple of shock in their wake.

Their marriage was a well-kept secret, known only to a select few. Walter whisking her away like that had set tongues wagging.

It was not until they reached the seclusion of the stairwell that Evangeline wrenched herself free, inwardly cursing him as a 'damn guy', Her wrist was red where he had gripped it.

"Are you out of your mind, Walter?" she exclaimed. "Leaving your sweetheart behind like that, aren't you worried about the rumors?"

vou're the one who's lost it! Have you forgotten who you are, Mrs. Walter Gordon? Flaunting yourself for another man, do you think that's fitting?" Walter shot back, matching her sarcasm with his own.

Evangeline's black coat fluttered like wings in the cool night air. Under the glow of the moon, she seemed to radiate light, her red lips bewitching and alluring.

Walter's biting words stung Evangeline, but she brushed them off with a dismissive chuckle. "Mr. Walter Gordon, aren't you being a little double-

affair as if it's something to be proud of.

you're just upset that the one hundred thirty-five million dollars you blew on Julia wasn't a good

was all poise and composure as she

were a tight, icy line as he cornered her against the wall, the darkness enveloping them, his frosty breath like

was overpowering, his body like a wall behind her. "What's one hundred thirty-five million dollars? If you, Mrs. Walter Gordon, could be a little more generous, I wouldn't care if it were one billion thirty-five million dollars." He was annoyed

as if it were a personal affront. "Mrs.

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cutting ties with James? Or did

not ended things with James, and then there she was, boldly showing up at the

papers is dry? You think they're in the market for someone's leftovers?" Walter spat

shot back

you can be even more of a jerk! Get out of that

you lost your mind?" Evangeline snapped

Walter's fingers tightened on her chin, yanking her face toward his as he nibbled

but Walter had read her like an open book. "If you're not up

That's the Gordon mansion, not my home!" Evangeline shot back with fierce

phone and, with Evangeline watching,

I can make him disappear," said Walter, his threat as clear as glass. Evangeline went white as a sheet. Her grandfather's health was hanging by a thread, and Dr. George was their only hope. She reached for Walter,