Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 186

Evangeline rolled her eyes. 'Not bad'? More like 'drop-dead gorgeous."

Alex's dress was all soft and sweet, perfect for a demure debutante at a birthday bash. Evangeline was not one for soft and sweet. Walter's choice, with its regal elegance and a hint of sass, seemed like it was made just for her. Not that she had ever admitted it moved her.

With Walter's influence and power, commissioning a custom dress was as easy as flashing cash and rattling off his measurements. Someone else would do the legwork.

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He would just sit back and pick his favorite from a lineup of designs...

Why would someone like Walter ever put his heart into something for her?

With that-thought, a wave of bittersweet resignation washed over Evangeline.

things for what

produced a small box he had tossed aside earlier and handed it to her.

Walter had his gift ready early on but held back, not wanting to

for the mountain of gifts, but Walter's took her by surprise.

shiny red lacquer, perfectly square and fitting snugly in her palm, yet it had

must have been spooked by the over-the-top gifts from her

course. Who in their right mind would turn down

box without a second thought and gasped. Inside was

that seemed to pulse with life. It was as if the very essence of spring was about to spill from its curves. Evangeline

it took on the azure of the sky, a mesmerizing dance of blue and green hues. She

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this Glacial Crown Jade? Am

was not exactly her forte; she