Unmasking the Heiress (Evangeline and Walte)

Chapter 459

The 'Mr. Foster the bodyguard was talking about was Evangeline's Uncle Holden.

Ever since her birthday bash, the only uncles hanging around the Foster family estate were Yale and Holden. The rest would occasionally check on her and Cole, but mostly they were off handling their own business.

Lately, she had not been in touch with any of them, and they had not reached out either. She figured they

the were just swamped with work. Little did she know, she had been under her uncles' silent, watchful eye whole time.

Holden, without making a big deal out of it, had been her silent guardian.

Feeling the warmth of her family, and the heightened emotions of pregnancy, she could not help but tear

up

"Where's Uncle Holden? I want to see him."

The bodyguard checked his watch and said cautiously, "Mr. Foster is on his way as we speak. He should be here at ten. If you can hang tight, he'll fill you in on everything, okay?"

"Sure, go on and do what you need to do."

Evangeline perched on the swivel chair in the conference room, her eyes locked on the stack of papers her bodyguard had dropped off.

Just two weeks ago, someone named Beck had been splashing cash on the black market-45 thousand dollars a pop-for any leads on Evangeline's whereabouts.

That was a large sum being thrown around. Her fingers traced the edge of the paper as a lightbulb went

off in her head.

That was the day she had hit up Sunny Glow Beauty Salon for some pampering, was it not? What were the odds that the moment she stepped out from getting her facial, someone was already snooping around for info on her?

The thought of Celina, the salon's sweet and seemingly innocent manager, being involved was mind-boggling. Could she be the one shelling out big bucks for Evangeline's itinerary? If that was true, Evangeline had totally misjudged her. It was then Walter's words from their car ride rang in her mind.

He had warned her that there was more to Sunny Glow Beauty Salon than met the eye. It was so sketchy that Walter had ditched his latest fling, Minnie, just to come and give Evangeline a heads-up. With that news, a wave of fear washed over her.

If she had not been laying low at the villa, focusing on her pregnancy, who knew what that mystery shopper could have figured out from her travel logs?

Just then, the conference room door swung open. In came Holden, looking like he had run through a dust. storm, and sat down beside her.

He caught a glimpse of the papers in Evangeline's grip and, red-faced and steaming, he let out a string of

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"Who in the world was so thoughtless to let you see this, not realizing you're not the same as you used to be?" said Holden, reaching out to grab the document from Evangeline's hands. However, she was quicker, deftly stepping back and spreading the document out before him.

"Uncle Holden, I've already seen what's inside. So, spill it-good or bad, I want the whole truth." Evangeline had a hunch about why Holden had hurried to see her tonight.

Someone was sneakily tracking her every move, which could only mean trouble.

Playing the clueless damsel under secret protection was way too risky then.

Better to have had everything out in the open. She had to know her friends and her enemies, and she had to stay one step ahead.