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.

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

not recall how

was, only to face the harsh

twisted turn of fate, Evangeline knew her heart belonged to Alex. Walter, the man

he could just rip it out to stop

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

over to the fridge in record time. He poured himself a glass of ice water and downed it in one go, the chill blasting straight to his brain and dousing the

Alex's mind like a scene from some classic film, and

sharply in the stillness of

snapped back into focus, the earlier panic fading as

what he had, Walter who owed him. So why did Alex feel that

could be so brutally

was not the best, and that his own broody nature was

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