Unmasking the Heiress

Evangeline was at a loss as she watched the unfolding drama.

Has Walter lost his mind? He should be backing up his mother, his future mother-in-law, and his girlfriend, not defending her from his mother's wrath.

"Walter, what are you doing? I need to put her in her place! She been spewing lies online, and now she's here, parading around like she owns the place. If we don't put her in her place, she'll think she can walk all over the Gordon family!" chastised Aria. "Mom, Evangeline and I aren't divorced. So technically, she kind of does have a stake in the Gordon family," Walter retorted.This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

As Water watched, he began to see the struggles Evangeline had faced in the first three years of their marriage and started to grasp why she had turned out the way

she had.

A wave of regret washed over him.

If he had been too late in the past, his chance to make amends had finally come.

"Walter, has she cast some kind of spell on you? She's been outright rude to your family, hurling insults at your mom, and you're still taking the side of this stranger!" Aria was fuming, her chest tight with fury.

Lydia and Julia had not seen that coming. Julia peeked at Walter, but his gaze was locked on Evangeline as if no one else existed.

What then? Walter seemed genuinely smitten with Evangeline, defending her even at

this moment.

"Mom, I've heard from Alice over the years about the way you've treated Evangeline.

It's time to stop."

"Wait, Evangeline is in love with someone else, and she's talking about divorcing your for him. Mdm. Gordon means well. You're going to break your mom's heart," interjected Julia, trying to regain control of the spiraling situation. Should not they be banding together against Evangeline, the outsider, at a time like

this?

"And Julia, Mrs. Rearden, I've signed over the suburban apartment to you two. You can live there and leave Evangeline alone from now on," Walter announced, having done everything within his power.

Evangeline stood amid the chaos, her hair whipped by the wind, seemingly at a loss. for a comeback.

What was Walter doing, throwing the rulebook out the window?

"Evangeline, come over here, I need to talk to you!" said Walter, pulling Evangeline out of the eye of the storm.

In the end, Evangeline walked away from the confrontation, once again the clear winner.

Arla never saw it coming-that Lydia and Julia, the chatterboxes, would be outplayed by the cunning stepdaughter when it mattered most.

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She gave Julia a disappointed shake of her head. "Julia, stand up Walter is head over heels for that small-town girl lately. You've got to step up your before someone else swoops in and steals your spot!"

"Got it, Mdm. Gordon," replied Julia, well aware that her lackluster showing lately had left Aria unimpressed. Getting kicked out was one thing, but she had not even put up a fight against Evangeline. Next to her, she felt downright meek.

"I can't just stand by and watch this mess unfold. She's stirring up trouble even on her way to divorce court. I need someone to keep tabs on her, make sure she doesn't pull any more stunts," Aria muttered, her frustration evident. Walter had been dragging Evangeline along for a good while before she wrenched herself free.

"Walter, what's gotten into you?!" she snapped.

"What do you really want, Evangeline?" he demanded.

"You know exactly what I want," she shot back, her gaze sharp enough to cut through him.

Her phone rang, and she answered it right there, with Walter hanging on every word. The caller wanted her at some evening event, and she did not hesitate to agree..

"Where do you think you're going all by yourself at this hour?" Walter's voice was thick with anger.

"You're so nosy, Walter. And who said I'm going alone?" taunted Evangeline.

"Just don't go. I'll give you anything you want today-anything but a divorce," said

Walter, backing down.

"If you'll come with me to the courthouse tomorrow, I'll skip out on today's trip."

"Tomorrow's booked solid for me, Evangeline. 1- Walter barely started before she

cut him off.

Evangeline shoved past him and headed for the door. "Then we've got nothing left to talk about."

Walter watched her go, and she never once looked back.

He had so much he wanted to say.

'Evangeline, I'm worn out. Can't we just stop this endless fighting?"

Back in his bedroom, Walter felt like a ghost. He dialed his assistant Oscar. "Dig deeper on Evangeline. Spare no effort, and use whatever it takes."

What was she up to? She had been part of the Gordon household for ages without a job, then out of the blue, she was off to mix and mingle. She had not

asked him for money in ages, and he figured James was footing her bills. Was Evangeline being used as some kind of pawn?

Oscar's voice came through the phone, "The missus is quite the enigma. The divorce mess is all over the news. Online sleuths can't pin down much about her, and it's all hazy,

"However, one thing's clear-her ties with James from the law firm are anything but ordinary. At first, the media was all about Julia, but now, someone's playing the game smarter, outspending Julia's backers. The narrative's flipped, and it's all negative about you and Julia's family now."

"Keep on it," instructed Walter, his voice firm. "I want to know it all-where she went to school as a kid, who she sat next to, everything."