Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 271 Chapter

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In the room, Walter sat by Cole's hospital bed, ready to have a heart-to-heart conversation.

Cole squared off with Walter, the grandson-in-law he had never quite approved of, and his voice was icy with disapproval. "Spit it out if you've got something to say. You might not get another chance."

When picking a husband for Evangeline, Cole never cared for family status or good looks. It was all about character.

So what if Walter came from a fa

amily? So what if he looked like he stepped out of a magazine? If he

grandson-in-law, and Cole saw no reason to play nice. Walter was

a hair's breadth away from Cole showing him the

Evangeline's sake, Walter would stand his ground, even if it meant taking a metaphorical slap to the

you might find what I'm about to say

and Evie are done, we're nothing to each other. Why lower yourself to

been protective of his reputation, but he did not even offer Walter a shred of respect, which showed just how livid he

straight with you-I'm

especially when he was this upset. If he

narrowed into a fierce glare. "What, you can't make Evie happy, and now you won't let her go find happiness elsewhere? Is this the

could never have imagined that the man his darling granddaughter had once begged to marry would turn out

Cole began to cough

calm him down, "Grandpa, you've got it all wrong. What I'm trying to say is, it doesn't matter if Evie's heart is with me. I... I don't want a divorce. I want to be with her for the rest of my life." "What are you getting at?" Cole fought back his cough, a flicker of doubt in his eyes. He knew all too well Evangeline's feelings when she stubbornly chose