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."

response was barely audible, his

the work he had put off to be with

not turned into such a mess, he would have had

control.

surgery had put him out for too long. Walter knew he could not put off his work any

his teeth against the ache in his lower abdomen, he reached for his

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trying to do, but instead of passing him the laptop bag, she held him back. "Can you even work in your

Evangeline's usual

silent ache in her heart kept reminding her how much

hand slipping

into work mode, but not before reminding Evangeline, "It's getting late.

way of kicking

her welcome, so she got up to

out and even to her car, making sure she was safely on her way before he went

seat, gripping the keys

it. 'Evangeline, Walter's lying in a hospital bed, still pushing himself to work,