Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 371

*Grandpa Cole must be worried sick by now..."

Evangeline had been away from home for so long that she could not help but think that Cole must be beside himself with worry.

Holden gave her shoulder a reassuring pat. "Relax, Evie. Yale and I had Informed him you were safe as soon as we found you. He's at home right now, waiting for you to come back." The thought of going home made Evangeline's recently calmed heart race again.

She could not possibly tell Cole the truth about today's chaos, and even though she had braced herself for Walter's betrayal with Minnie, it still stung when it happened.

Facing Cole with all those tangled feelings would only make him worry, would it not?

"Um... Uncle Yale, could you drop me off at Emerald of the Highlands instead? I... I'm not ready to face Grandpa Cole just yet."

It was not that she did not want to see him. She just did not know how to explain everything without Cole seeing right through her.

searching for you all this time, how can you

sound, and as she looked back, she saw

it affect her mood to the point of avoiding Cole...

you think?" Feeling trapped, she turned to Yale, hoping he would have the answer. Yale, the oldest

advice.

turmoil swirling in her heart and offer the guidance she desperately

eyes full of hope. "Look, Evie," Yale said, his

her mind. Why would he suggest

trapped in his throat, his eyes never leaving the road ahead, but a shadow

to another, and before you know it,

of

whisper, trailing off, ike a stone causing ripples across

heart

need him to say more. She