Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 216

Evangeline checked the time on her phone and frowned.

It was way past late, and Walter was still grinding away at work. Did he forget he was nursing an injury?

"How's Walter's injury doing?"

They were on the brink of divorce, so whether Walter was kicking or not should not matter to her. However, his injury was no ordinary scrape, and if she did not at least pretend to care, it felt sort of apathetic. What she did not realize was that her words just jogged David's memory.

The boss playing knight in shining armor for Evangeline? That had to up the odds of a reconciliation, right?

With that, he started to spice up the tale, mixing a bit of truth with a healthy

dose of fiction.

"He ignored the doctor's orders and checked himself out of the hospital. He spent the whole night by a patient's bedside, no rest for the weary.

up and raised hell. I'm not sure about how the boss is holding up, because he's tight- lipped. But ever since the suits left, he's been looking like a ghost. Maybe he's hurt worse than he lets on, toughing it out for the job's sake!" 'So,

at Walter's side, he knew just

a tale

had craftily more fiction than fact, glossing over the gritty details and

Walter's ghostly pale face. Panic

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his assistant, how can you let

supposed to sweat

but the boss just won't listen!" David worriedly said, "The boss is super cranky. I could tell, and I didn't want

He was not lying.

make a living. If he ticked off the big man, he would be the one hitting the

on him. I mean no disrespect, but... Well, our boss got hurt saving you. If anything happens to him because

about Walter getting hurt for her sake... She had been guilt-tripped before, but David's words struck a

second thought about the late hour, bolted from the