Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 76

Oscar was a die-hard Cole fan. Cole's larger-than-life tale had even hit the silver screen, with flicks like 'The Gambling King's Saga' and 'The Gambler and His

Three Thousand Ladies'. He had grown up on those stories and had dreamt more than once of being spotted by Cole, becoming his protege, and ruling the casinos. He imagined striking it rich overnight and living a life dripping with wealth and excess. The harsh truth was that his job was breaking his heart day after day, and trying to find someone had become as futile as searching for a needle in a haystack, with the constant threat of getting the ax hanging over his head.

The next morning, Walter was up with the stars, waiting outside Evangeline's old place-â charming Victorian house she had lived in as a kid, back when her mother was still around.

Walter remembered how her mother was a woman with flowing hair and warmth that could light up a room.

Staring at the house brought a flood of childhood memories. He had lived just around the corner, and he and Evangeline had been inseparable like two peas in a pod. They had walked to school together, she had gifted him a bamboo dragonfly, and he had shown her how to make kites from scratch.

They had run through fields, kites soaring behind them until the strings ran out and the kites slipped away into the sky-just like they eventually did from each other's lives.

Time had flown by too fast. They had been so close back then, and he could not figure out how everything had changed so much.

Evangeline was up at the crack of dawn, too. Trey had asked her to swing by the Gordon Group building for a chat, and she had no clue what it was about. Maybe he was gearing up for

a divorce and planning to hand over half of Walter's fortune to her. It was Walter's loss, and she was not one to turn down a freebie.

She dolled herself up, ready to step into a new, wealthy chapter of her life.

Stepping out, her eyes caught a glimpse of a license plate with the number 777-a lucky streak most people would not even spot.

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on the wrong foot when Evangeline, trying to keep her cool,

and smirked, "If you don't hop in, I might just give everyone a show. After

passenger seat. "Just so you know, I'm not backing down from a fight. It just so happens we're headed the same way, and we might as well discuss

widened, knowing he had won this round. "We've got a good thirty minutes ahead of us. Plenty of time

in the air. At least Walter was a skilled driver, and they reached Gordon Group

behind the

walk," Evangeline complained, not in

a part in a little act later,"

that? We're getting divorced, Walter. What are you

she demanded.

She tried to knee him,

around her face as Walter held her down, their bodies pressed together so tightly that Evangeline struggled to

attempt to fight back was pointless. She

remarked, eyeing the subdued Evangeline. "Today, you're going to be the doting wife at the office, squash those divorce rumors, and let

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out of your mind? After everything, you think I'll just roll over? No way! "Evangeline's anger flared.

today. Your little stunt hurt Gordon Group's reputation, and our stocks took a dive. Don't you think you owe us