Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 372

If Cole had not been weighed down by age and sickness, he would have seen right through Evangeline and Walter's petty schemes in a heartbeat.

Yale had to admit, he was seeing Cole's smarts in a while new light.

However, Cole was no rookle. His mind might get foggy, but he was not totally out of it.

One thing was crystal clear to Yale: If Evangeline did not show up immediately, Cole's imagination would run wild.

The mess unfolding before them would not hold up under the slightest poke. If Cole got wind of Walter chasing skirts while Evangeline was expecting, it would probably send him to an early grave. Thus, Yale nudged Evangeline to head home.

Then again...

"Evie, you're your own person now. We can't call the shots for you. Just say the word, and I'll get you wherever you need to go..

"We've got a half-hour till the fork in the road. No pressure-just think it over..."

Yale fell silent. Holden, sharp as ever, caught on to their drift without another word.

to the blur of streets

make the trip back? Could she keep

place was a

Walter stood stiff as a board, his proud head lowered in a way it never

sat ramrod straight in his chair, a storm brewing in his eyes. Thomas, hands clasped behind him, stood guard, his face a mask of mixed emotions as he watched the drama unfold. The other bodyguards hung back, silent as shadows, careful

anything you want

the cane, its surface bristling with thick spikes. However, his strength faltered, and he had to stop the punishment he was doling out

was stark: One strong,

would have been easy for Walter to turn the tables,

However, he did not.

twist of fate, he merely followed Minnie to the villa to check things out, only to become the spectacle for

shown up unexpectedly. Even Evangeline and

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her. He had no inappropriate thoughts about that woman at all, so how could he possibly do something that

as the family elders converged, and Evangeline, the supposed victim, arrived, they caught him and Minnie 'red-handed' in bed. He was accused