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.

child because of Cole's illness. If it were not for that, she would"

not recall how he

where Evangeline was, only to face

of fate, Evangeline knew her heart belonged to Alex. Walter, the man who prided himself on being unfeeling, had inadvertently let his own

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

that Alex, the guy who had set off that whole mess, was not as tranquil as he portrayed when he

a glass of

confrontation replayed in Alex's mind like a scene from some classic

hit the floor with a loud snap, echoing sharply in the stillness of the night, making Alex's

the earlier panic fading as if it had been

did not know what he had, Walter who owed him. So why did Alex feel

could be so

that his own broody nature was not exactly winning him any popularity contests. However, he

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