Unmasking the Heiress (Evangeline and Walte)
Bitten Once Shy Forever 271

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In the room, Walter sat by Cole's hospital bed, ready to have a heart-to-heart conversation.

Cole squared off with Walter, the grandson-in-law he had never quite approved of, and his voice was icy with disapproval. "Spit it out if you've got something to say. You might not get another chance."

When picking a husband for Evangeline, Cole never cared for family status or good looks. It was all about character.

So what if Walter came from a fa

amily? So what if he looked like he stepped out of a magazine? If he

did not treat Evangeline right, he did not measure up to Cole's standards for a grandson-in-law, and Cole saw no reason to play nice. Walter was no fool; he could read between the lines of Cole's frosty words.

Their conversation was a hair's breadth away from Cole showing him the door without saying it outright.

However, for Evangeline's sake, Walter would stand his ground, even if it meant taking a metaphorical slap to the face.

"Grandpa, you might replace what I'm about to say hard to believe."

"Don't call me 'Grandpa'. Once you and Evie are done, we're nothing to each other. Why lower yourself to call me that?"

Cole had always been protective of his reputation, but he did not even offer Walter a shred of respect, which showed just how livid he was.

"Grandpa, I'm going to be straight with you-I'm never going to divorce Evangeline."

Walter knew better than to pick a fight with Cole, especially when he was this upset. If he did not get to the point, Cole might just kick him out on the spot.

Cole's eyes narrowed into a fierce glare. "What, you can't make Evie happy, and now you won't let her go replace happiness elsewhere? Is this the selfishness that Trey taught you grandkids? Always thinking of yourselves?" He was beyond angry.

He could never have imagined that the man his darling granddaughter had once begged to marry would turn out to be such a rotten scoundrel!

Overcome with emotion, Cole began to cough uncontrollably.

Walter did not dare to upset him further and quickly tried to calm him down, "Grandpa, you've got it all wrong. What I'm trying to say is, it doesn't matter if Evie's heart is with me. I... I don't want a divorce. I want to be with her for the rest of my life." "What are you getting at?" Cole fought back his cough, a flicker of doubt in his eyes. He knew all too well Evangeline's feelings when she stubbornly chose to marry this guy. Could it be that this slacker before him... still had not figured it out? Chapter 271

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Walter was about to say something that could embarrass him. However, to save his marriage with Evangeline, he was willing to put his pride aside. He hung his head a little, trying to hold on to the last shred of his dignity. "Yes! When Evangeline and I got married, I didn't treat her right. But going through so much together in this marriage, I've realized I can't live without her. It doesn't matter if I'm in her heart, I've chosen her, and I can't imagine a day withoor."

Cole's suspicions were confirmed by these words, stirring a whirlwind of emotions within him. Evie had been so headstrong about marrying Walter, and Walter was showing the same determination. As someone who had seen it all, how could he stand in the way of such a promising union?

However, with the way things were between them, were they just not one honest conversation away from true understanding? Chapter 272