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 dark eyes hiding

work he had put off to be

not turned into such a mess, he would have had it

control.

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

against the ache in his lower abdomen, he reached

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Chapter 166

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

Evangeline's

kept reminding her how much she cared about

Walter said coolly, his strong, defined hand slipping past Evangeline to snatch the

mode, but not before reminding Evangeline, "It's getting late. Have David drive

was his polite way of

her welcome, so she

down the hospital corridor, David saw Evangeline out and even to her car, making sure she was safely on her

did not see was Evangeline, sitting in the driver's seat, gripping the keys with the engine running, but unable

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

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