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."

Trey had been out of it and given some shares to Evangeline, it could not be that much. Could he truly have intended to give the Gordon Group to an outsider? No rational person would make such

forgotten all that?" Julia reminisced, hoping to stir some fondness in

had been sent away, Julia and Walter continued their education at the same institution for a few more years. Walter

and though they did not

furrowed as she turned to Walter, recalling that

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found it at my place when you visited, and my mom let you play with it.

back and observed them with the stern gaze

cheeks flushed with frustration, had learned to toughen

then thicker than

to rescue me? You were like my knight in shining armor. That's why I've always stuck by

me down for protection