Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 165

The thought that Walter was hurt because of her sent a pan rough her heart that she just could not shake off.

Walter's eyes fluttered open on the hospital bed, and he spotted Aria keeping vigil by his side. He parted his lips to speak but then thought better of it, his hand shaking as he reached for the water glass on the nightstand. Was he parched?

Evangeline caught on and, tossing aside any concern for her own belated entrance, burst through the door and hurried to Walter's side.

Just as her fingers grazed the glass, Aria, who had only been dozing, snapped awake.

Spotting Evangeline behind her and seeing Walter's hand hanging in the air, Aria instantly grasped the situation. She snatched the glass before Evangeline could and placed it firmly in Walter's grasp. "You finally show up, huh? Some savior you are," said Aria, her voice dripping with

scorn.

Her son had been coddled from birth, yet here he was, hurt because of Evangeline. She had not even had the decency to check on him. Heartless!

What did it matter if Evangeline was the cherished princess of the Foster family?

such a grand reputation, and yet Aria could not count on her. In the end, it was

was all Evangeline

circumstances, Walter had been injured trying to save her, and she had indeed arrived

son nearly died for you, faced surgery all by himself, and

one rule for picking a daughter-in-law: She must

of sweetness and smarts, did not even bother with the facade. This was

with it. If those two wanted a divorce, so

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family, with their massive empire, could not make it without

white as

She tried to smile,

opening and closing without a sound, clueless about what to do except maybe to just

Walter, not when he was lying there

after sipping some water, finally spoke up," Mom, it's late. David is here with me, so I'm okay. You should really head home and get some rest." Evangeline and Aria

admit that he was trying to protect Evangeline from Aria's accusations. That was not why he wanted his

just could not stand the thought of his mother, at her age, losing sleep