Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 444

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Walter figured that even if Evangeline did not adore him as she did Alex, the fact that they shared a child had to mean she felt something for him, right?

"Hahaha!" Alex's laughter rang out, unrestrained and so full of mirth that he almost cried.

He let go of Walter's collar, stepping back to put some space between them.

"Walter, do you even buy that excuse?"

Before Walter could muster a response, Alex's icy voice cut through again, "Do you really not know why Evie kept the child? Cole might be clueless, but you? Quit lying to yourself, okay? My dear brother!" The words 'dear brother dripped with a warmth that did not reach Walter's ears; all he heard was biting

sarcasm.

Alex's probing questions lingered, but the truth had always been buried in Walter's heart.

only decided to keep the child because of Cole's illness. If it were not

could not recall how

to where Evangeline was,

Alex. Walter, the man who prided himself on being unfeeling, had inadvertently let his

gnawed at his heart, the kind that made him wish he could just rip it out to stop the pain? How did he even

guy who had set off that whole mess, was not as

himself a glass of ice water and downed it in one go, the chill blasting straight to his brain and dousing the inner fire. What had

scene from some classic film,

echoing sharply in the

into focus, the earlier panic fading as if it had been

he had, Walter who owed

could be

mother's reputation was not the best, and that his own broody nature was not exactly winning him any popularity contests. However, he did not ask for much, did

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