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.

sprawling garden felt empty, leaving just Walter and Alex in the dimming

and the garden's twinkling lights cast their identical

silhouetted against the light in his wheelchair, faced the brother who was his mirror image, his heart

let's hear it. Whatever you've got

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 of his brother's shining

but life sure did not treat them the same. Alex was over it. He knew

he just got used to stepping aside for Walter.

just us here. You can drop the act

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one always bending over backward, and somehow he was the

few years down the line, and he

decided to grow up. Out of the blue, Trey declared that Walter would be the one to take over the family business. Where was

of an eye, Alex went from top dog at Gordon Group to the family's zero,