Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 269

Walter cut off Evangeline's caution with a cocky eyebrow lift. "Evangeline, you really think I'd have sleazy thoughts about you?"

The kind of thoughts a husband had for his wife was considered sleazy? Were they not just part of the deal?

For Evangeline, however, those words twisted into something else entirely as they reached her ears.

She was just kidding herself all along. Walter had never really been into her. What could he possibly want with her if not just to blow off some steam?

She raised her eyes slowly, meeting the gaze of her uncles.

Holden, the most fiercely protective of the bunch, had tears welling up eyes. "Evie, if you're going to

in bis lie to Grandpa now, you've got to be ready to keep that lie going until his last day. Are you... sure about this?"

family's untouchable, regal princess keep getting tangled up with

life for good. However, the sight of Cole, so still and pale in his hospital

knew the other four Foster brothers felt the same, which was why they all kept silent

five uncles watching, Evangeline gave a serious

Grandpa is okay, I'll do whatever

uncles' faces were etched with worry, but

you think. If Walter and I patch things up, I won't have to stay here. I just need to

was a

home with Walter and

splitting paths, how would she ever explain it

she could not dwell on these questions

with tension as

eyes flickered open, dull and tired, an oxygen tube trailing from his nose. When he saw Evangeline,

save him while he was knocked out under anesthesia had been so frantic that they had not been