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.

time to see things for what they are. No point

produced a small box he had tossed aside earlier and handed it to her. "Here's your

party, Evangeline's haul of presents was more extravagant with each unwrapping. Walter had his gift ready early on but held back, not wanting to

took her by surprise. Since their wedding, he had not given her a single present, not even a cheap bubble

her was a shiny red lacquer, perfectly square and fitting snugly in her palm,

understood that Walter must have been spooked by the over-the-top gifts from her uncles,

of course. Who in their right mind would

open the box without a second thought and gasped.

it up to the light. The green was deep and flawless, cool against her skin, with a translucent pattern that seemed to pulse with life. It was as if the very essence of

the green of a tranquil lake, but up close, it took on the azure of the sky, a mesmerizing dance of blue

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Chapter 186

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