Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 268

"Grandpa Cole is in this state because of the buzz about me and Walter splitting up. How can we save it now?"

Evangeline's mind was a total blank. She had no clue how to soften the blow for Cole.

Her five uncles all fixed their gaze on her. Then, as if on cue, they all lowered their heads.

Yale let out a deep sigh. "If he's already onto us, anything we do now is just spinning our wheels. Let's just... leave it."

The worst had happened. What could they possibly do to turn things around?

"Uh... Can I throw in my two cents?"

Walter, who had not said a peep since he walked in, cleared his throat and finally piped up.

"Speak up."

and she was not about to roll out the red carpet for him. She would rather he just spit out whatever he had to say then vanish from Cole's

of five uncles. Evangeline, the woman at the heart of it all, seemed to be wrestling with the

was out of patience and just wanted

could, you know, act all lovey-dovey in front of him,

could finish, Evangeline cut him off, "Act lovey-dovey with

a man that she would pretend to be head over

was stunned by her blunt words, a sharp pain in his chest, but he quickly pulled himself together. "I get it, we're not exactly the lovey-dovey type, but we can fake it,

way right now. If we're just worried about our own comfort, aren't we being kind of selfish? He's done so much for us. It's time we return the favor, and we can't let

Evangeline got the message.

did not sit right with her. Even though his words seemed to be all about doing right by Cole, she smelled

up some

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