Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 514

Cole's voice was raspy, carrying the weight of a man who was just starting to bounce back from a serious illness.

"What else? Work and the usual company stuff."

Yale dropped what he was doing and answered with an easy smile. "Dad, are you feeling under the weather or something? How about I swing by in the next couple of days?"

Cole was getting on in years and had become pretty clingy, always hoping his kids, especially Evangeline, would come around to the family home for a visit.

That call was a wake-up call for Yale. He had been so wrapped up in Evangeline and Yessica's business that he would put the old man on the back burner. That was not appropriate.

"You scamp, if I didn't ring you up, you'd never think to drop by, would you?"

Cole's voice was teasing, but Yale could hear the smile in his words. He was not really mad; he just wanted them to come and hang out with him.

"Too caught up in work, huh?"

Yale chuckled awkwardly.

like kids. There was, his dad, the great and powerful, getting all pouty like

about me?" Cole put on a show of being upset, but his tone quickly softened. "You're all swamped with work, I get it, you can't drop by. But what about Evie? She's expecting, she can't be as tied up as you guys, right? Or did

end, Cole sounded genuinely

How could they let work stress her out at such a crucial

of guilt at his

is letting her lift a finger. Remember the car crash fiasco? Evie got off with a scare, and that's why she hasn't been able

had called home with the news of Evangeline's safety right after the accident, so Cole

loop.

call, Evangeline should have come to see Cole

adored his niece and did not want Evangeline to trouble herself for a visit, always making excuses to

were on the same page. They had managed

few times already, was determined to get some straight answers before he picked up the

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