Chapter 21
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However, Ruby quickly shook off the feeling of being overpowered by a woman from the countryside.
“Alright, then! Let’s see how long you can keep that smug look on your face. Open the door,” Ruby ordered, her pride flaring like a peacock’s feathers.
She was mortified that Evangeline’s stare had rattled her and was determined to show who was boss
around there.
Evangeline, weary and worn, was escorted by two hefty men.
Roslyn was incapacitated, so it was up to Ruby to exact revenge for her friend Julia, to return the pain inflicted by Roslyn a thousand times over.
She delivered a resounding slap.
Evangeline did not flinch. It was not that she could not dodge or lacked the ability, she simply chose to let Ruby have her moment.
She vowed to make them pay, to give back as good as she got, a thousand times over. However, her thoughts were a jumbled mess, haunted by the recent debacle at the bar.
Pain scared her, yet Walter, upon arriving, did not even bother to ask if she was hurt. All he cared about was the Gordon family’s reputation. He scooped up the woman she loathed and left without a second glance.
Maybe it was all in her head, that mess of her own making.
Meanwhile, Roslyn had her own troubles to deal with.
Evangeline forbade her from getting involved with her issues with Walter, and Roslyn knew Evangeline could handle it. However, despite Evangeline’s cool exterior, Roslyn sensed her friend was on the verge of breaking.
She could not stand by and do nothing.
After a moment’s hesitation, she called Walter. Evangeline was still his wife, for heaven’s sake, and he had the nerve to abandon her at the police station.
The man was heartless!
Walter answered the phone with a tone of clear annoyance. He knew who it was.
He stood tall and imposing before the panoramic window, gazing down at the city lights. His eyes were a dark, fearsome abyss.
“Walter, thanks to your cruelty, Evie has been taken to jail! How can you be so inhuman? Marrying you was the biggest mistake of her life!” Roslyn spat out furiously.
Walter’s response was calm and detached, yet his irritation was palpable. “Roslyn.”
“Jerk! You’re doing this to Evie all because of Julia. You’ll live to regret it!”
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