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.

catch a flight to Southern

briefly before filling Walter

about that?" Walter was the one caught off guard then. "Weren't

and took his brother's big life moments to heart.

"Stepping away is the best thing for her right now." His fever had broken, and though his head was

kept replaying in his mind, haunting him with every

ve

a thread. He was not there when she

change that or not, he was not by her side, and that was the harsh truth.

one thing: they were from different worlds.

clenched

her

flashed before his eyes, but

was bound to Walter's path. How

could not make her happy, it was time

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

way to drown out the butterflies and bring back the old,