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."

'Mr. Right' did not have to

That calmed Evangeline slightly.

not even thinking about that

mess. How could she even consider finding a dad for her kid? She was already falling behind in the search for a cool

City Eligible Bachelorettes Catalog, which she had barely glanced at,

this rate, her kid would arrive, and she still would not have found an aunt for

chat was being overheard by a man in a black windbreaker at the next table. He adjusted

cup of black

from their phone call and had slipped into

never thought he would get to sit next to Evangeline without a hitch, but as luck would have it, she ended up right beside him when she came in. She was so

he think he could step in and play dad from the get-go,

over it, the hotter his blood boiled. If it were not for the Gordon family's good name, he would have

caught Evangeline's gentle

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