Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 395

Chapter 395

Evangeline set down her dessert spoon, her face taking on a grave expression.

Alex had a point.

Evangeline had never known the warmth of a full family, and the thought of her child facing the same struggles she did was unbearable.

Then, like a jolt of lightning, Evangeline's resolve hardened, and her gaze turned fierce.

"Alex, are you telling me to stick it out with Walter?" she demanded.

She had mustered all her courage to kick that jerk to the curb. Alex, the guy she thought of as her wise brother, was suggesting she should not get a divorce?

"No way, no way," Alex backpedaled quickly. "I'm just talking about what's best for the kid. A kid needs a family, sure, needs a dad, but any dad who's there from day one will do. It doesn't have to be Mr. Right."

Right' did not have to be

That calmed Evangeline slightly.

even thinking about that

consider finding a dad for her kid? She was already falling behind in the search for a cool aunt figure for

which she had barely glanced at, made

she still

did not realize was that their lively chat was being overheard by a man in a black windbreaker at the next table. He adjusted his

at his once-favorite cup of black coffee, still steaming, and

meeting from their phone call and had slipped into the cafe

to Evangeline without a hitch, but as luck would have it, she ended up right beside him when she came in. She was so close that he could catch every word

he think he could step in and play dad from the get-go, taking Walter's place as the

Walter stewed over it, the hotter his blood boiled. If it were not for the Gordon family's

Walter caught Evangeline's

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