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Chapter 198
Evangeline’s brow furrowed on the other end of the line.
“You’ve barely unpacked from your trip abroad. Why the rush to work?”
She figured Alex would chill for a bit, maybe catch up with Trey before diving into the job scene. It seemed he was already on the move.
Alex let out a sigh, pretending to be trapped by circumstance. “What can I do? The job landed in my lap, and the higher–ups said, ‘Get over here now.‘ So, I went.
Evangeline could not help but smirk.
For any regular person coming back from overseas, hustling for a quick buck made sense, but this was Alex.
The same Alex who once made a fortune for the Gordons! Money troubles? As if.
“Spill it, Alex. Since when do you need cash? What’s the real deal?”
Their friendship went way back, even without bringing Walter into the mix. They could shoot straight with each other.
Alex hesitated, his voice tinged with the awkwardness of a nerve hit. Then, like he was done fighting it, he admitted in a calm voice, “Just bored.”
“What?” Evangeline was momentarily stunned.
“You heard me right, being cooped up at home is just too dull.”
Alex sounded like he was at his breaking point, and Evangeline picked up on a touch of frustration in his voice.
She understood, of course. Alex’s idea of ‘dull‘ was not just about twiddling his thumbs; it was more about feeling lost. He just did not fit into the Gordon family lifestyle anymore.
It made sense upon second thought. Alex had been away for years, and he came back on a wheelchair, facing a world that had flipped upside down. No wonder he felt like a fish out of water.
*So you headed over to Avalon University to keep busy?” Evangeline’s voice rose–playfully, teasing, “And why did you call me today? Surely you’re not expecting me to come and hang out when I’ve got nothing better to do?”
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