Unmasking the Heiress

"I see."

Evangeline understood easily when Walter clammed up like that he was not in the mood for chit-chat.

Why push it and make things awkward?

The baby check-up was done, the shopping bags were packed, and I was time for Evangeline and Walter to say their goodbyes.

The Foster family's ride was already curbside at the mall, waiting for Evangeline.

She glanced back at Walter, feeling a whirlwind of emotions. Bathed in sunlight, his dark eyes seemed to hold her and only her. Of course, that was just wishful thinking, right?

Evangeline snorted to herself.

She knew better. The whole heart-eyes thing was just a trick of the light. After all, Walter was only there because of the baby-the Gordon heir growing inside her. Even if Walter wanted to look the other way, Trey sure would not let him. "Goodbye, Walter." She waved, letting out the words she had been dying to say.

If she had it her way, she would never have to face Walter again.

Walter looked like he wanted to drop some big revelation, but as Evangeline's bodyguards closed in, he just mirrored her wave. Whatever he was holding back, he choked it down instead.

Maybe, just maybe, when the dust had settled with the Bennison family drama, or once Evangeline's safety was not hanging by a thread anymore, he would have found the peace to tell her what was in his heart.

Through all the time they had spent together, getting to know each other's quirks and qualities, he had come to understand Evangeline more deeply. He had been sure about her, as certain as the stars, that his heart would never waver... However, what he did not see coming was that the Foster family's car was not just a ride for the bodyguards. It was also carrying Holden Foster himself.Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.

The moment Holden spotted Evangeline, his worry broke free like a dam bursting.

"Evie, just seeing you okay makes me so darn happy," he exclaimed.

Evangeline blinked in surprise. "Uncle, what are you talking about? I haven't been in any danger!"

Holden frowned and shot her a look that was half irritated, half-relieved. "Do you have any idea how scared we were when we saw that ambulance, you little heartbreaker? Your Uncle Yale and I nearly had heart attacks! We only calmed down after we called Walter and found out it was someone else who got hurt."

He jabbed a finger at Evangeline's forehead, his voice stern but caring.

"Listen here, you can't go pulling stunts like that again! Your grandfather put your safety-and that of the Foster family's little

one-into mine and Uncle net

Yale's

hands. We've got a duty to protect

you!

"Letting you come to the hospital with Walter for a checkup was already bending the rules. And then you go off gallivanting, worrying us half to death!"

Holden was always a chatterbox, worrying over every little thing that came up. Evangeline was used to his constant fretting.

However, the whole ordeal with

Celina ending up in the hospital and

causing their uncles to worry was a

curveball she had not seen coming. Wracked with guilt, she quickly set out to reassure them.

"Come on, with the whole Foster family looking out for me, what could go wrong? The person I rescued, though, she's got some connections.

"Uncle, make sure someone's keeping an eye on her. Once she's on the mend, bring her over to my place, will you?"

Evangeline figured Holden was in the dark about Celina's real deal, so she did not spill the beans.

However, Holden had already pegged Celina as someone to watch and had dug up the dirt on her. "The boss of Sunny Glow Beauty Salon? Yeah, she's got some influence."