Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 166

The silence in the room was deafening.

Evangeline and Walter looked at each other, a million words hanging in the air, yet neither could find their voice.

Evangeline's mind buzzed with questions and her heart ached to offer comfort, but the words got stuck in her throat at the sight of Walter's ghostly pale face. Walter had things on his mind too.

The thought of Evangeline rushing to the airport to pick up Alex, while he was stuck in surgery, left him at a loss for words.

The silence stretched on, an invisible barrier neither of them could break.

David, ever so thoughtful, lingered at the door, careful not to intrude, giving them the space they needed.

Silence had its own way of shattering, though.

With a grimace, Walter propped himself up, a sharp pain lancing through his abdomen.

"You..." Evangeline's words trailed off as she instinctively reached for a pillow and tucked it gently under Walter's back. Catching his bewildered look, she mumbled an embarrassed explanation, "It should help you feel a bit better."

Walter's response was barely audible, his dark eyes

nightstand, a testament to the work he had put off

only the day had not turned into such a mess, he would

control.

him out for too long. Walter knew

in his lower

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caught on to what he was trying to do, but instead of passing him the laptop bag, she held him back.

that moment, Evangeline's usual

her heart kept

defined hand slipping past Evangeline to

mode, but not before reminding Evangeline, "It's

was his polite way of kicking

knew she could not overstay her welcome, so she got up

her car, making sure she

gripping the keys with the engine running, but unable to

just could not do it. 'Evangeline, Walter's lying in a hospital bed, still pushing himself to