Chapter 277

Evangeline's cheeks turned a rosy hue at the heated invitation.

They both wanted a child, so this closeness was bound to happen.

Doing her best to keep her composure, Evangeline took a deep breath and quickly shut her eyes. She could not bear for Walter to see the truth in her gaze.

She could not even imagine the tempest that would ensue if he ever discovered her true feelings.

The sweet moment they had from before picked up where it had left off. Walter sensed Evangeline's rigid form beneath him, her usual compliance seeming like a rush to get it over with. That realization hit him like a splash of cold water, dousing the fire of his passion.

Abruptly, he stood up.

"Get some sleep," he said, and the night swallowed his words.

Walter left the room abruptly, leaving Evangeli

tunned and bewildered. She never saw it coming.

Her eyes snapped open, gazing at the space beside her in the bed, clueless about what just happened.

Walter had been so close, so responsive just moments ago. Why did he suddenly bail? Was not the hefty slice of the Gordon family fortune enough to lure him into starting a family with her? This could not be happening.

fists tightened

determined to get what she wanted from him,

Evangeline hurried out of

Walter's video conference was in full swing,

listening to his steady

could not possibly resist her charm, and she was sure of

was not her first rodeo trying to seduce Walter, yet this time her heart

fear and excitement.

Knock, knock, knock!

the door of Walter's study, leaning casually against the doorframe,

he kept up with the

undoing the buttons of her

another.

freed. Walter's eyes took on

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only half-listening to the executives drone on with their reports. His real focus was on Evangeline, watching her every move with a poker face. He was dying

too cool,

took, her pajama top slipped off and hit the floor,

word, she was hit by an invisible wave

already wrapped up in Walter's arms, his hand blazing like fire on her bare

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