Unmasking the Heiress (Evangeline and Walte)

Chapter 216

Evangeline checked the time on her phone and frowned.

It was way past late, and Walter was still grinding away at work. Did he forget he was nursing an injury?

"How's Walter's injury doing?"

They were on the brink of divorce, so whether Walter was kicking or not should not matter to her. However, his injury was no ordinary scrape, and if she did not at least pretend to care, it felt sort of apathetic. What she did not realize was that her words just jogged David's memory.

The boss playing knight in shining armor for Evangeline? That had to up the odds of a reconciliation, right?

With that, he started to spice up the tale, mixing a bit of truth with a healthy

dose of fiction.

"He ignored the doctor's orders and checked himself out of the hospital. He spent the whole night by a patient's bedside, no rest for the weary.

"And talk about timing, today the big shots showed up and raised hell. I'm not sure about how the boss is holding up, because he's tight- lipped. But ever since the suits left, he's been looking like a ghost. Maybe he's hurt worse than he lets on, toughing it out for the job's sake!" 'So, Evangeline, better hurry and give him some love."

Bluffing was not David's style, but after years at Walter's side, he knew just how to play it.

Woven a tale that was

He had craftily more fiction than fact, glossing over the gritty details and painting a picture of Walter's sorry state.

Evangeline's heart skipped a beat when she heard about Walter's ghostly pale face. Panic set in before she could even wonder if David was spinning tales.

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"Why on earth aren't you getting him to a hospital? As his assistant, how can you let him stay and pull an all-nighter at work?"

David, as Walter's right-hand man, was supposed to sweat the small stuff. That was his job.

"I tried to tell him, like, a million times, but the boss just won't listen!" David worriedly said, "The boss is super cranky. I could tell, and I didn't want to make it worse."

He was not lying.

David was just a guy trying to make a living. If he ticked off the big man, he would be the one hitting the road.

"Mrs. Gordon, you really should come check on him. I mean no disrespect, but... Well, our boss got hurt saving you. If anything happens to him because of that injury, you'd feel awful, right? Even if you were divorced." Evangeline did not react much at first.

The bit about Walter getting hurt for her sake... She had been guilt-tripped before, but David's words struck a nerve this time.

She hung up and, without a second thought about the late hour, bolted from the Foster estate.

At the Gordon Group headquarters, in the president's office, David set down. a bowl of plain oatmeal next to Walter's desk worriedly.

Walter's stomach was growling, and the warm, comforting smell of oatmeal was calling out to him, making him wonder who had brought it in.

"David, you look all fidgety. Is it something important?"

To everyone else, Walter was the picture of dedication at work, burning the midnight oil without complaint. Deep down, he was a mess, all because Evangeline had left. He had tried to bury himself in paperwork, but nothing. could hold his attention. He was already on edge, and his assistant was adding to his stress.

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""Yeah, it's important."