Unmasking the Heiress (Evangeline and Walte)
Bitten Once Shy Forever 249

Chapter 249

Alex's voice was a soft murmur, yet it held a quiet strength.

Evangeline's anxiety melted away as she listened to him.

"Head on home. This brotherly beef is ours to sort out. With you here, there are things Walter just won't say."

Evangeline let out a huff. Walter had no problém spewing nasty words; was there anything he would actually be ashamed to say? Alex had made up his mind, and despite her worries, she could not stay.

"Alright, I'm heading back then. You... Just take care, okay?"

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With a heart heavy with worry, Evangeline cast one last glance at Alex before she turned and left without a second thought.

Suddenly, the sprawling garden felt empty, leaving just Walter and Alex in the dimming light.

The sky was smudging into twilight, and the garden's twinkling lights cast their identical faces in a soft glow.

Alex, silhouetted against the light in his wheelchair, faced the brother who was his mirror image, his heart a swirl of emotions.

"Now that Evie's gone, let's hear it. Whatever you've got to say, I'm all ears."

Walter was Trey's youngest grandson, the apple of his family's eye since he was a little kid. Alex, however, was stuck in second place behind the golden boy of the Gordon clan. He could barely catch a break, always living in the shadow of his brother's shining spotlight.

It was funny how life worked. Two guys looked alike, but life sure did not treat them the same. Alex was over it. He knew he was on his own, with no one to back him

up or take his side, so he just got used to stepping aside for Walter. Whenever he played nice, Walter would just scoff at him.

"Alex, it's just us here. You can drop the act and stop pretending," taunted

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"Me, pretending?" Alex could not believe it. He was the one always bending over backward, and somehow he was the phony?

When the Gordon Group was on the brink, Alex stepped up to the plate, taking on a mess that could have ended in disaster, and he turned it around. A few years down the line, and he would have brought the company back from the dead, making it rain for the, shareholders and boosting the Gordon family's reputation in the South big-time

However, just when he was ready to ride that wave and make some real moves, Walter decided to grow up. Out of the blue, Trey declared that Walter would be the one to take over the family business. Where was Alex when he heard the news? Right in the middle of leading a meeting about the company's future, no less!

In the blink of an eye, Alex went from top dog at Gordon Group to the family's zero, the black sheep with not a penny to his name.

It felt like waking up from a wild dream, only to replace out he was still the same young man nobody cared about.

He could not blame anyone, and he did not have the energy for hate. Business? Alex was done with it. He packed up his life and headed

overseas, ready to start fresh on a journey into teaching.

"Walter, how am I pretending?" asked Alex, his eyes wide with confusion. He genuinely did not get what he had done to earn such a harsh call-out from the Gordon family's golden boy.

"Your whole act is fake! I just don't have the proof to tear off your mask yet, and that's on me!" Walter spat out, his dark eyes flashing with

determination. "But don't worry, I'll dig it up!"