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.

not even thinking about

consider finding a dad for her kid? She was already falling behind in the

thought of the Avalon City Eligible Bachelorettes Catalog, which

still would not have found an aunt

their lively chat was being overheard by a man in a black windbreaker at the next table. He adjusted his black cap, his face turning stormy with rage. 'Alex, that was crossing the

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

call

she came in. She was so close that he could catch every word she exchanged with Alex, crystal clear. Alex, that jerk, was actually pushing Evangeline to scout for a dad for the baby she was

to pull? Did he think he could step in and play dad from the get-go,

stewed over it, the hotter his blood boiled. If it were not for the

caught

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