Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 591

Evangeline overheard Julia and Walter's phone call, every word sharp and clear.

However, she knew Walter too well.

Would he really come to that forsaken warehouse for her? If he did, it was probably just for the baby she carried, to clear the air with Trey. The warmth between him and Julia, though, was real.

Tears caught her off guard, blurring her vision until the world was a watery haze.

One tear hung in her sight, and suddenly, she was back in that autumn she loved, by the water's edge.

The golden glow of the harvest season wrapped around everything, painting the water with a picture of plenty.

She never noticed the solitude of autumn or its decline, believing it was beautiful to freeze in her prime if fading was inevitable.

"Take me to Amberstream Riverbank."

The name was as lovely as a masterpiece. The first time Evangeline heard it, she was captivated. She promised herself she would visit.

So one day, she slipped away from her grandfather and uncles, dodged the watchful eyes of her bodyguards, and took a cab to that magical place. That was where her story with Walter really started.

The driver was silent then, just driving.

passenger seat, Evangeline's surroundings grew more and

...

backpack, splashing her feet in the water, when she spotted a skinny figure flailing in the river.

three days of swimming lessons under

that split second, Evangeline did not have time to think. She just instinctively dove into the water. She could guess

was smaller and not

as the b

and her swimming was

exactly Olympic level. Plus, the boy

QUMS

rush to save him, Evangeline accidentally swallowed

she ignored the feeling of her lungs screaming for air and

a moment to look at the boy she had

sure, but there was something undeniably handsome about him.

could marry him? Had she just

smile flickered across her face, even

were wrapped tightly around a little bear keychain

going to die, at least they would

on the princess bed in the old Foster