Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

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Chapter 198

Evangeline's brow furrowed on the other end of the line.

"You've barely unpacked from your trip abroad. Why the rush to work?"

She figured Alex would chill for a bit, maybe catch up with Trey before diving into the job scene. It seemed he was already on the move.

Alex let out a sigh, pretending to be trapped by circumstance. "What can I do? The job landed in my lap, and the higher-ups said, 'Get over here now.' So, I went. Evangeline could not help but smirk.

For any regular person coming back from overseas, hustling for a quick buck made sense, but this was Alex.

The same Alex who once made a fortune for the Gordons! Money troubles? As if.

"Spill it, Alex. Since when do you need cash? What's the real deal?"

into the mix. They could shoot straight with

awkwardness of a nerve hit. Then, like he was done fighting it, he admitted in a calm voice, "Just

was momentarily

up at home

breaking point, and Evangeline picked up on a touch

his thumbs; it was more about feeling lost. He just did not fit into the Gordon family lifestyle

thought. Alex had been away for years, and he came back on a wheelchair, facing a world that

a job might actually be a good

headed over to Avalon University to keep busy?" Evangeline's voice rose-playfully, teasing, "And why did you call me today? Surely you're not

and Walter married, and Alex, being Walter's relative, meant getting

to join us at Avalon University as a guest professor. "You might be in the dark here,

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way back, so the school figured I'd be the one

out.