Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 598

Walter's phone buzzed to life out of the blue.

"Sir, I'm feeling a lot better now, ready to get back to the mission in Southern Crownlands."

David's voice was stuffy and sounded like he was on the tail end of a cold.

He already knew the whole drama about Evangeline getting nabbed by Julia while trying to rush him to the hospital.

Taking a beat, he cautiously broached the subject, "How's Mrs. Gordon holding up?"

It was not that he doubted Walter's expertise, but Evangeline's trouble was tied to him, and he could not shake off the guilt without checking in.

"She's fine now." Walter kept his voice even, masking whatever he was feeling.

"She's fine?" David echoed, relief flooding his words. "That's a relief, a huge relief."

Knowing Evangeline was out of hot water made his own heart lighter.

tonight, catch a flight to Southern

it over briefly before

was the one caught off guard then. "Weren't you and Celina in

brother's big life moments to heart. However, before he could get all the words

I appreciate the thought." David inhaled sharply on the other end, "Stepping away is the best thing for her right now." His fever had broken,

his mind, haunting him with

ve

hung by a thread. He was not there when she cried out for help. It was like he was perpetually missing from her life's

by her side, and that was

were from different

clenched

her

flashed before his eyes, but her determined look cut through him

was bound to Walter's path. How much time

happy, it was time to...

with Celina. It's over. Now, I just want to throw

job was the only way to drown out the butterflies and bring back the old, steady David, the one who could