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.

of streets zipping by, sinking into a sea

keep up the charade of a happy marriage

a circus-screams, groans, curses, and gasps all clashing

a board, his proud head lowered in a way

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 not to breathe too loudly

there... anything you

However, his strength faltered, and he had to stop the punishment he

contrast between the two was stark: One strong, the other

would have been easy for Walter to turn the tables, even with Trey's

However, he did not.

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

and her uncles were there, seeing everything with

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the bed was just to appease her. He had no inappropriate thoughts about

family elders converged, and Evangeline, the supposed victim, arrived, they caught him and Minnie 'red-handed' in bed. He was accused without a chance