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.

after searching for you all this time, how can you even think of

and closed without a sound, and as she looked back, she saw Yale's disappointed expression. She could not bring herself to voice

still letting it affect her mood to the point of avoiding Cole... Confessing

think?" Feeling trapped, she turned to Yale, hoping he would have the answer. Yale, the oldest and by far the most

advice.

grasp the turmoil swirling in her heart and offer

Yale said, his voice as steady as if he were discussing the weather instead of her personal drama, "you should go see your grandpa." "Why?" Evangeline blurted,

read her mind. Why would he suggest

eyes never leaving the road ahead, but a shadow of

and before you know it, you

of

words were a whisper, trailing off, ike a stone causing ripples across the

heart

him to say more. She got the