Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

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Chapter 144

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Walter was already in a foul mood, and some jerk had come looking tr turn down an opportunity to blow off some steam.

He was about to get up when a flash of red stepped in front of him.

"This is my fault. Please don't hurt him!"

k a fight? He was not about to

Walter did a double-take. It was the red-dressed woman who had tried to flirt with him earlier and whom he had brushed off. All of a sudden, she was standing there, defending him? "You?"

The brute burst into laughter. "Look at you, trying to play the hero!"

The slap was coming. The woman did not flinch, ready to take the hit head-on.

Walter's eyes were glued to the scene before him, his heart aching as he watched the woman take hit after hit. Just as he was about to jump in and stop it-

Out of nowhere, a round of applause with a beat broke through the tension.

eagerly watching crowd parted like the Red Sea, making way for Evangeline. She strutted through in sky-high heels and a crisp white suit, commanding everyone's attention. Her makeup was on point, with a playful flick at the corner of her eyes, and her jet- black

everything, right? Mr. Walter Gordon, what's this?

Walter to the woman beside him-long hair,

type.

Something about this woman...

she made an unbelievable connection. Did she kind of

whispers rippled through

Evangeline, the Foster family's darling

dubbed the real-life heroine of feel-good fiction. That aura, that grace! I'm green with envy... Evangeline had grown used to such fanfare since her identity went public; it barely registered anymore. Her focus was solely

thug who had been throwing punches was suddenly nowhere

had swooped in to save, had

a

you take a seat over

up, looking as pitiful as a bullied cat, and quickly scooted to the other side of

on right away-the woman was just

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was to

and had no interest in Walter, she saw

she did not need