Unmasking the Heiress (Evangeline and Walte)

Chapter 229

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Roslyn latched onto Evangeline's arm and cheekily snuggled up to it.

"Out with it, what's got you all changed up? Did that jerk Walter stir up some drama again?"

Roslyn figured if Evangeline hit the bar and skipped the booze, it had to be something monumental, something beyond her wildest guesses. "Does having a kid count?"

If getting knocked up was the kind of drama in question, then yes, Walter had definitely stirred up something.

"What did you just say?" Roslyn shot up like she had been zapped, her eyes as wide as saucers, fixed on Evangeline's still-not-showing belly.

"Aren't you and Walter headed for divorce? And now there's a baby on the way?"

Could they actually be patching things up?

Yikes. She had just called Walter a total jerk. She hoped Evangeline was not too mad.

"You know, my grandfather has been really sick..." Evangeline's voice was tinged with resignation.

Cole's health was on the rocks, and no one knew how much time he had left. As his only granddaughter, she felt it was her duty to grant his last wish and carry on the family name.

Walter? Well, they were still married, technically. She could not let her child be one without a father. Plus, she had to admit, a part of her wanted to have a baby with the man she once adored.

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'But you can't just have a baby with him!"

Roslyn had seen enough drama in her own family to last a lifetime.

"Don't you get it? A kid is everything to a mom. Walter is already a nightmare

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to you. What about later, when you're older and not as, you know, fresh? Are you going to stick it out with Walter just for the kid's sake?"

Roslyn was the life of the party, but she was dead serious when it came to Evangeline's well-being.

She was Evangeline's best friend. She would never let her dive headfirst into disaster.

"No." Evangeline caught on to Roslyn's worries and quickly soothed them, " The divorce is still on. It's just about having a baby. The Fosters have enough cash. Why would I put myself through misery for the kid?" "You've got a point."

Roslyn's anxiety eased, her common sense kicking back in, though her eyes were still clouded with concern. "Still, being a single mom's no easy feat."

"So what? Grandpa's time is running short, and the least I can do is fill his final days with joy."

Evangeline's words had clearly struck a chord with Roslyn.

"Don't fret, though. The kid's dad may be absent, but he's got me, his awesome godmother, right? Listen up, Evie, I'm taking up godmother duties, boy or girl!" Roslyn declared, thumping her chest with a playful resolve that coaxed a chuckle out of Evangeline. "Deal! With you as a godmother, I'm way less worried!"

Evangeline had made up her mind to raise the child alone, and she felt a pang of guilt for her child's fatherless future ahead.

With Roslyn's affection and the uncles' love, the kid would surely be surrounded by warmth, right?

The shadows cast by Walter's actions faded away, and Evangeline's heart was filled with visions of her unborn child's face, even if it was still just a tiny, shapeless zygote somewhere in transit.

A thought suddenly hit Roslyn.

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Chapter 229

"The Gordons aren't exactly nobodies. You think they'll just let you walk

away with Walter's baby after a divorce? Once the baby's here, he won't try to take the kid from us, will he?"

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