Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 281

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After Cole's health had stabilized, Evangeline had just gone to see Lydia. Lydia had not shown any signs of waking up, so what on earth had happened at the hospital in those few hours?

The silence of Crystal Waters House enveloped her. Calming down after her spat with Walter, Evangeline began to think that maybe she had been wrong about him.

With the influence the Gordons wielded, if they really wanted to set Lydia free, would not it have been a cinch to cook up some fake medical report and convince themselves Lydia was gone for good? Why go through the whole song and dance of rescuing her, then act like they were guarding her?

The memory of Walter's furious yet determined face as he vowed to dig deeper into the matter brought a pang of guilt to Evangeline's heart.

Walter had a point. Lydia's vanishing act was riddled with question marks, and Evangeline had flown off the handle at Walter without getting her facts straight. She needed to take a breath, cool her head, and get to the bottom of things with a proper investigation. Cool it, cool it!

Lydia was out there somewhere, and calmi.

.own felt like trying to smooth ruffled feathers in a gale.

Then, the click of the door lock snapped her back to the present, signaling Walter was home.

The hospital drama was far from over, but after sending Evangeline back, Walter could not shake the worry that she could be tossing and turning all night. So, he hit pause on everything else to come and see for himself.

find Evangeline, no longer caught up in her earlier frenzy,

fretting over something

"Why aren't you asleep?"

hospital incident; Evangeline's

couch, clutching a throw pillow. Her gaze was distant

took Walter's voice to

"You're back?"

uptake. "Did you get

his cool over Evangeline's words just moments before. Evangeline made a face. "I... I just panicked, okay?" "So, panicking is an excuse to throw wild accusations around?" Walter

did not

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Chapter 281

I guess I just let my imagination run wild and ended

and more playful by the second, obviously trying to charm her

was not having any of it. "Evangeline, you realize you've

hit the right note,

every day he got to see Evangeline backpedaling and begging, so he