Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 167

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Pulling her thin jacket tighter around her, Evangeline shivered and made her way step by step into the hospital. She convinced herself she was not there out of worry for Walter. She was just repaying a debt of gratitude, and that was that.

The hospital's night ward was silent. Evangeline tiptoed, but still managed to wake, David, the ever-vigilant night watch. She put a finger to her lips, and he nodded, slipping quietly out of the room. "Madam, why haven't you gone home?" he asked, but then he noticed the redness in her eyes and fell silent.

"How's Walter? Is it bad?" she could not help but ask the question that had been burning inside her. She had seen Walter up and about, but without the doctor's word, she could not shake her worry. "The doctor says it's just a superficial cut, nothing serious. He'll be out of here by tomorrow."

"Oh, that's a relief," Evangeline sighed, feeling the weight lift off her chest. "I'm going to see him."

Her voice was unwavering, brooking no argument.

David lingered outside, while Evangeline tiptoed to Walter's bedside and eased herself onto the chair.

his lashes still, not even a hint of pretend slumber. Evangeline could

bed countless times, yet she never really studied

chiseled features and a strong nose, but now his lips

was gone as he lay asleep, replaced by the innocence of a child, his face softened

he could stay this

was she thinking, wishing him ill just to keep him

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just wished his softer

memory of Walter taking a knife for her flashed in her

the blade sinking into

dare to look at

anything for her. She wanted to memorize that scar, to remember that he had suffered for her

she could shed her jealousy and let him