Chapter 252
“Are you out of your mind?” Evangeline shoved Walter’s incoming punch aside, her stunning sea–green eyes wide with shock.
“Don’t you get it? That’s your brother Alex behind me, and he’s hurt! He can’t move his legs and relies on a wheelchair to get around.
“Life’s already thrown him enough curveballs. Why are you trying to add to it by getting physical? Picking on your own brother who can’t even defend himself in a wheelchair, what kind of person does that make you?”
Walter scowled, waving Evangeline off with a flick of his hand. “This is between me and Alex, step aside!” “No way!” Evangeline stood her ground.
“If I’ve seen it, I can’t just ignore it. If you’re dead set on going after Alex today, you’ll have to go through me! Knocking me down won’t cut it. You’ll have to knock me out cold, so I can’t get in your way!”
Walter’s fist paused mid–swing, his eyes sharp with a pain he could not hide.
His body shook with rage.
He bit back a growl and asked in a low voice, “Evangeline, are you sure about this?”
There was a good chance Evangeline was pregnant with his child.
Even if Walter was furious, how could he ever hit her?
“Absolutely!” Evangeline did not even blink, her eyes blazing with all the loathing she felt for Walter.
Feeling the weight of her hatred, Walter’s heart twisted in pain, and he suddenly felt like he could break down and cry.
“You… Alright! I’m out of here!”
He could not bring himself to hurt Evangeline, no matter what.
With a dramatic sweep of his arm, Walter stormed out of the garden without a backward glance.
The chill of the autumn night wrapped around Evangeline as she stood there aloofly, watching Walter’s silhouette blend into the shadows of the garden. It took a moment before she snapped out of it and moved to Alex’s side, her hands gently guiding his wheelchair.
The ridiculous argument had fizzled out, leaving only Alex’s soft sigh to dance with the leaves in the breeze.
“Evie, you know how Walter can be. Why go head–to–head with him? Look at me–I’m already a mess. What’s one more fight going to change?”
“Anything is better than you two at each other’s throats!”
Alex’s words were heavy with concern, like a wise old man trying to mend a rift between two stubborn kids.
However, his words only twisted the knife in Evangeline’s heart. She was not just upset for herself, but for
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Alex, too.
Tears betrayed her, spilling over despite her best efforts to keep them at bay.
She tried to laugh it off, her smile a crooked line that only she knew was hanging by a thread. “It’s all good. We’re splitting up anyway. Who cares about a little spat?”
Indeed, they were about to part ways for good. Why bother with impressions?
“But… if you didn’t get into a fight, maybe there’d still be hope for your relationship.”
Alex got her, just like she got him.
Evangeline had finally married the guy of her dreams. How could she just let go?
She would cling to any hope, however faint.
“Even if there’s hope, I don’t want it!”
In the soft glow of the garden lights, Evangeline’s stunning profile was etched with determination.
“Alex, I’m the one to blame..
“As I walked away earlier, I couldn’t help but wonder if the Walter I’ve been crushing on was just a figment of my childhood imagination–a mere shadow that once painted my dreams with vibrant colors. The real Walter, it turns out, is a world away from the man I dreamed up.”
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