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

briefly

the one caught off guard then. "Weren't

took his brother's big life moments to heart. However, before he could get

thing for her right now." His fever had broken, and though his head was still foggy, his heart had found

replaying in his

ve

not there when she cried out for help. It was like he was perpetually

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

thing: they were from different worlds. Dreaming of being together

pain clenched

her

Celina's sweet face flashed before his eyes, but her determined

Walter's path. How much time

her happy, it was

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

was the only way to drown out the butterflies and bring back the old, steady David, the one who could focus on the mission Walter had given