Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 249

Alex's voice was a soft murmur, yet it held a quiet strength.

Evangeline's anxiety melted away as she listened to him.

"Head on home. This brotherly beef is ours to sort out. With you here, there are things Walter just won't say."

Evangeline let out a huff. Walter had no problém spewing nasty words; was there anything he would actually be ashamed to say? Alex had made up his mind, and despite her worries, she could not stay.

"Alright, I'm heading back then. You... Just take care, okay?"

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With a heart heavy with worry, Evangeline cast one last glance at Alex before she turned and left without a second thought.

garden felt empty, leaving just Walter and

was smudging into twilight, and the garden's twinkling lights cast their

his wheelchair, faced the brother who was his mirror

that Evie's gone, let's hear it. Whatever you've got to say, I'm

youngest grandson, the apple of his family's eye since he was a little kid. Alex, however, was stuck in second place behind the golden boy of the Gordon clan. He could barely catch a break, always living in the shadow

but life sure did not treat them the same. Alex was over it. He knew he was on his own, with no

he just got used to stepping aside

here. You can drop the act and stop pretending,"

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was the one always bending over backward,

few years down

when he was ready to ride that wave and make some real moves, Walter decided to grow up. Out of the blue, Trey declared that Walter would be the

the blink of an eye, Alex went from top dog at Gordon Group to the family's zero, the black sheep with not a