hapter 144.
Chapter 144
+25 BONUS
Walter was already in a foul mood, and some jerk had come looking tr turn down an opportunity to blow off some steam.
He was about to get up when a flash of red stepped in front of him.
“This is my fault. Please don’t hurt him!”
k a fight? He was not about to
Walter did a double–take. It was the red–dressed woman who had tried to flirt with him earlier and whom he had brushed off. All of a sudden, she was standing there, defending him?
“You?”
The brute burst into laughter. “Look at you, trying to play the hero!”
The slap was coming. The woman did not flinch, ready to take the hit head–on.
Walter’s eyes were glued to the scene before him, his heart aching as he watched the woman take hit after hit. Just as he was about to jump in and stop it-
Out of nowhere, a round of applause with a beat broke through the tension.
The eagerly watching crowd parted like the Red Sea, making way for Evangeline. She strutted through in sky–high heels and a crisp white suit, commanding everyone’s attention. Her makeup was on point, with a playful flick at the corner of her eyes, and her jet–black hair flowed down her back like ocean waves.
“Timing is everything, right? Mr. Walter Gordon, what’s this? Trying to be the knight in shining armor?”
Evangeline’s eyes darted from Walter to the woman beside him–long hair, killer curves, totally Walter’s
type.
Something about this woman…
Evangeline’s brow furrowed as she made an unbelievable connection. Did she kind of look like her?
Just then, whispers rippled through the crowd.
“Check it out. That’s Evangeline, the Foster family’s darling princess!”
“Man, she’s stunning and fierce. No wonder she’s dubbed the real–life heroine of feel–good fiction. That aura, that grace! I’m green with envy…
Little starlet Felicia, the damsel Walter had swooped in to save, had cleverly stepped aside to give Evangeline room,
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