Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 451

"Imagine celebrating your birthday out on the ocean-it'd be the ultimate romantic adventure," said Minnie, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

Walter, however, was lost in a different thought. "Does watching a sunrise together at sea really guarantee a lifetime of happiness?"

He wondered if doing that with Evangeline would mean they would be happy together. The odds seemed against it, but part of him wanted to believe in the magic of the moment. What if it actually worked?

"So, what do you say, Walter? Are you in?" Minnie asked, her voice tinged with hope.

If Walter said yes

it would put Minnie's mind at ease. The sky stretched endlessly above them, and the dawn blushed a deep red. Could there be anything more romantic than two people coming together with the first light of day?

"I'll think about it," Walter replied, his heart not really in it. He wanted to experience that moment, but not with Minnie. He could not just come out and say that, of course. He had to calmly find some excuse to keep her hanging.

If I can shuffle my work schedule around, maybe I can make it happen," he said, his words dripping with a hope he did not

away while letting the other person fill

He had no idea what she was up to or how their baby was doing inside

felt the first stirrings of life beneath his hand on Evangeline's belly, something paternal sparked to life inside him. Each day, his thoughts wandered to their unborn child. Was it bigger? Was it kicking yet?

not keen on the idea of a cruise with Minnie. His agreement to consider it

of Minnie, and that was where his right-hand man, the assistant,

Gordon, I've got

you and Ms. Kast. You haven't

chance to catch up

would surely prompt Walter to think of the one person he was dying to celebrate with on the

had the next

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