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.

head out tonight, catch a flight to Southern

briefly

Walter was the one caught off guard then. "Weren't you and Celina in a spat? You don't have

David as a brother and took his brother's big life moments to

end, "Stepping away is the best thing for her right now." His fever had broken, and though his head was still foggy, his heart had found some

replaying in his mind, haunting him with

ve

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

was not by her side, and that was the harsh truth. Why keep obsessing

about one thing: they were from different

pain clenched

her

eyes, but her

bound to Walter's path. How

he could not make her happy, it was time to...

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

his job was the only way to drown out the butterflies and bring back