Unmasking the Heiress (Evangeline and Walte)
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Chapter 268

"Grandpa Cole is in this state because of the buzz about me and Walter splitting up. How can we save it now?"

Evangeline's mind was a total blank. She had no clue how to soften the blow for Cole.

Her five uncles all fixed their gaze on her. Then, as if on cue, they all lowered their heads.

Yale let out a deep sigh. "If he's already onto us, anything we do now is just spinning our wheels. Let's just... leave it."

The worst had happened. What could they possibly do to turn things around?

"Uh... Can I throw in my two cents?"

Walter, who had not said a peep since he walked in, cleared his throat and finally piped up.

"Speak up."

Evangeline shot Walter an annoyed look. Cole was on his deathbed, partly thanks to Walter, and she was not about to roll out the red carpet for him. She would rather he just spit out whatever he had to say then vanish from Cole's room for good. "He's in a bad state, and while I'm part of the reason, I'm more worried about you, his granddaughter, ending up unhappy. So, if we were to be happy, don't you think he'd be able to rest easy?"

Walter's voice had a hopeful lilt, but it was quickly met with the piercing stares of five uncles. Evangeline, the woman at the heart of it all, seemed to be wrestling with the idea.

"What are you getting at?" Evangeline was out of patience and just wanted Walter to get to the point without making her brain work overtime.

"We could, you know, act all lovey-dovey in front of him, make him believe we're a happy couple...".

Before Walter could finish, Evangeline cut him off, "Act lovey-dovey with you? Walter, are you out of your mind?"

Was she, Evangeline, so desperate for a man that she would pretend to be head over heels with a guy who could not go three minutes without hitting on another woman?

Walter was stunned by her blunt words, a sharp pain in his chest, but he quickly pulled himself together. "I get it, we're not exactly the lovey-dovey type, but we can fake it, right?

"Grandpa Cole is in a bad way right now. If we're just worried about our own comfort, aren't we being kind of selfish? He's done so much for us. It's time we return the favor, and we can't let him stress over silly little things." Walter rattled off his speech smoothly, not missing a beat.

Evangeline got the message.

Something did not sit right with her. Even though his words seemed to be all about doing right by Cole, she smelled a rat.

"Walter, you're not cooking up some scheme, are you?" she asked warily.

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Chapter 268

"Me? Scheme? All I'm saying is Grandpa Cole is not getting any younger, and it reminds me of my own grandfather. It's tough being old. We should try to make things easier for them, that's all." Hearing these words from Walter was a shock, but he sounded so convincing that Evangeline almost had to believe him.

She balled her hands into fists out of sight, her resolve firm.

"Alright."

If it would help Cole, she could handle a little discomfort and play-pretend with Walter. What was the big deal?

"But just so we're clear, we're just putting on a show. Don't even think about getting sleazy..."