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?"

without bringing Walter into the mix. They could shoot

awkwardness of a nerve hit. Then, like he was done fighting it, he

Evangeline was

right, being cooped up at home

he was at his breaking point, and Evangeline picked up on a

thumbs; it was more about feeling lost. He just did not

upon second thought. Alex had been away for years, and he came back on a wheelchair, facing a world that had flipped upside down. No wonder he

a job might actually be a

voice rose-playfully, teasing, "And why did you call me today?

relative,

kidding aside, I'm actually here to extend an invitation from the school for you to join us at Avalon University as a guest professor. "You might be in the dark here, but at the birthday party, Evie, you shot to stardom with your violin performance. Your name's been buzzing ever since. And it just so happens that

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The Gordons and the Fosters go way back,

out.