Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

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"Evie, what brings you here?" Cole asked, his voice filled with a happy surprise.

"Oh, what's the matter, Grandpa? You don't want me here? Maybe I should just head back?" Evangeline teased, but her body language said the opposite.

She sat on the couch next to Cole and tossed her bag onto the coffee table without a second thought. She clearly was not going anywhere.

"Now that you've made it here, where do you think you're going?" said Cole, half-joking, half-worried, as he grabbed her hand. "Evie, don't forget, you're always welcome here, anytime. I'm just concerned about you, you know? You're having a baby, and you should be taking it easy."

in Cole's eyes and quickly reached out to give his hand a reassuring pat. You're fretting over nothing, aren't you? This little one inside me is tough as nails. Mrs.

was instantly

looking out for me. At first, I thought Mrs. Lewis's advice was odd, but she explained that if you don't move around, you won't have an appetite. And without eating, where's the nutrition for the baby going to come from? It made sense to me, so

active."

it. Even so, he could not help adding a word of caution. "Sure, that makes sense, but don't overdo it. I've heard the first three months can be a bit

give advice on pregnancy, he knew that. However, Evangeline's mother was gone, and there was not a single woman of the older generation to step in. His sons were too wrapped up in their work to think about those things. So, it fell to him to speak up, even

the servant, ready to spoon-feed Cole. However, Cole lifted his hand to

the phone with Trey

did not even finish his sentence before Evangeline felt