Chapter 395
Chapter 395
Evangeline set down her dessert spoon, her face taking on a grave expression.
Alex had a point.
Evangeline had never known the warmth of a full family, and the thought of her child facing the same struggles she did was unbearable.
Then, like a jolt of lightning, Evangeline’s resolve hardened, and her gaze turned fierce.
“Alex, are you telling me to stick it out with Walter?” she demanded.
She had mustered all her courage to kick that jerk to the curb. Alex, the guy she thought of as her wise brother, was suggesting she should not get a divorce?
“No way, no way,” Alex backpedaled quickly. “I’m just talking about what’s best for the kid. A kid needs a family, sure, needs a dad, but any dad who’s there from day one will do. It doesn’t have to be Mr. Right.”
Of course, ‘Mr. Right‘ did not have to be Walter.
That calmed Evangeline slightly.
“I’m not even thinking about that right now.”
Her thoughts were a tangled mess. How could she even consider finding a dad for her kid? She was already falling behind in the search for a cool aunt figure for her uncles.
Just the thought of the Avalon City Eligible Bachelorettes Catalog, which she had barely glanced at, made her squirm with guilt.
At this rate, her kid would arrive, and she still would not have found an aunt for her uncles.
What they did not realize was that their lively chat was being overheard by a man in a black windbreaker at the next table. He adjusted his black cap, his face turning stormy with rage.
‘Alex, that was crossing the line!‘
Walter stared at his once–favorite cup of black coffee, still steaming, and suddenly it tasted bitter.
He had pieced together Evangeline and Alex’s meeting from their phone call and had slipped into the cafe early, unnoticed, to wait for them.
He never thought he would get to sit next to Evangeline without a hitch, but as luck would have it, she ended up right beside him when she came in. She was so close that he could catch every word she exchanged with Alex, crystal clear.
Alex, that jerk, was actually pushing Evangeline to scout for a dad for the baby she was carrying!
What was he trying to pull? Did he think he could step in and play dad from the get–go, taking Walter’s place as the perfect father figure?
The more Walter stewed over it, the hotter his blood boiled. If it were not for the Gordon family’s good name, he would have already given Alex an earful.
However, Walter caught Evangeline’s gentle decline.
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Chapter 395
A wave of guilty pleasure washed over him, and he stayed put, his ears perked up.
There was Walter, the golden boy of the Gordon family skulking like a spy in a cafe, eavesdropping on his wife’s conversation with another man!
The irony was not lost on him, the gap between how he felt and how he should feel was like night and day. However, recalling how he had treated Evangeline before, a rush of remorse hit him. Suddenly, he did not feel so hard done by.
What he did not see coming, though, was a lady in a soft pink, fluffy sweater and heels striding into the cafe with effortless grace.
She was tall, her hair in soft curls, her makeup flawless, and her smile as refreshing as a spring day.
The waiter was momentarily spellbound by her charm before snapping to attention, realizing she was his
