Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 378

The moment Arla started talking, Walter sensed what she was really after. He was stunned. "Mom, you realize I'm injured, right?"

Aria gave him an eye roll, "Yeah, I know you're hurt, and Grandpa did it to you. Now's your chance to milk it a little, play the sympathy card with him. He's getting soft in his old age, and he'll probably forget this whole mess before you know it!"

As she thought about It, Aria felt a rant coming on. She let out a sigh, then said with a hint of annoyance, Walter, I'm not trying to call you out, but you're usually so sharp. How could you mess up like this when it really counts? You and that girl outside, you guys have something special, don't you?

"Grandpa just found out Evie's expecting. Even if you're head over heels for her, you've got to keep it under wraps, right? And of all times, why now? Grandpa is over the moon about meeting his great-grandkid. Aren't you making things awkward for him?" The questions hit Walter like a blast of icy wind.

In a flash, he felt a chill that not even the heat on his back could chase away.

"Mom, just stop!" Walter cut Aria off without a second thought.

Everything he had seen and heard had sunk in, but he could not-would not-believe it.

pride stung by the interruption, lashed out in a fury, "Look at you. I'm saying all this because care, because I'm

"Sure, you're looking out for me. Or maybe

Grandpa? Worried that the Gordon family fortune might slip through

idiots. If that's what you're thinking, keep it to yourself. Otherwise, you

exposed. Her face went white, but just as

It's all for you, you little troublemaker! If you hadn't gone around making a mess and ticking off your grandfather, we wouldn't be in this

your than your own flesh

mother and son was

stormed off. The furious Walter lay on his bed,

had in the Gordon family. He realized he had been fooling himself, and that warmth had never been

gaze was hollow, and he was

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