Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 80

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"What's on your mind that you need to tell my husband? Out with it-I'm all ears. Or, if you prefer, you two can have your little secret chat. Though, would you really leave me here, all by myself in the office, waiting, darling?" said Evangeline, her eyes playfully teasing Walter.

Julia, witnessing that spectacle, was seething with rage.

"Julia, if there's something you need to say, let's hear it. Right here, right now." Walter's gaze shifted to Julia, the warmth gone and replaced by a chill colder than the one he reserved for strangers. "I need to talk to you about our past project-it's about work. Can we talk in private?" There was a touch of desperation in her voice.

'Walter, just look at me. I'm the one who really loves you,' Julia silently pleaded.

"I'm afraid I can't be of much help anymore." Walter shrugged helplessly. "Evangeline holds most of the Gordon Group's shares now. She's the top shareholder, and I even

have to follow her lead."

he truly have intended to give the Gordon Group to an outsider? No rational person would make such a move, but to her dismay, Walter's

up together? You even gave me a bamboo dragonfly when we were kids. Have you really forgotten all that?" Julia

and Walter continued their education at the same institution for a few more years. Walter and Evangeline, who were classmates, had a close bond. Julia was a year behind and always seemed to be trailing behind them

quick to tears and even quicker to snitch, and though they did not really enjoy her company, she never seemed

as she turned to Walter, recalling that she too had once given him

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"That wasn't a gift from me. You found it at my place when you visited, and my mom

sat back and observed them

with frustration, had learned to toughen up under

skin then thicker

a hero to rescue me? You

sheepishly, "You might be a bit confused. Those kids were shaking me down for protection money, and I was just the ringleader of our little gang. I