Chapter 24
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Evangeline never imagined Walter would show up at the hospital in the dead of night and act like a madman. Had Julia left him wanting?
The memory of the night’s betrayal with Julia pierced her heart with an invisible needle, each thought of a suffocating sting.
Evangeline bit Walter’s shoulder, her bite a desperate act of defiance.
Walter gasped, the sharp pain a testament to her surprising strength. He had not even gotten over the kick she had delivered to his leg last time, and she bit him.
“Do you enjoy biting people?” Walter grunted, wincing.
Evangeline felt a twinge of satisfaction seeing his usually stoic face twist in pain. “Put me down now, or I’ll call the guards!”
Walter’s striking features were inches away as he firmly grasped her chin. “You’ve got two choices: One, I put you down and we show your grandpa your disheveled state. Two, keep quiet and come back with me.”
The mention of her grandpa silenced Evangeline’s struggle. Walter had found her Achilles‘ heel. She did not want their issues aired in front of her grandpa.
Her heart seethed with resentment, but she fell silent, refusing to meet his gaze.
Walter carried her, and for the first time, she was as docile as a little kitten in his arms.
His expression was icy, devoid of warmth, though inside, a fire raged, like kindling ready to ignite.
Walter took Evangeline back to their house, to the bedroom they shared as a married couple. He placed her on the master bed and, with a stern expression, stripped off her shoes and socks.
“What are you doing?”
The image of Walter’s tie on Julia’s bed flashed in her mind, and she instinctively jerked her foot away. Please, keep your distance. You disgust me!”
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Walter’s fury flared as he pressed Evangeline beneath him, his cool scent and hot breath assaulting her senses like venom. “You think you’re pure with other men? I’d love to see just how pristine you really are!” His eyes were deep pools of darkness, and the woman squirming under him only fueled his fire.
Walter’s gaze–wild and caged–sent shivers of fear through Evangeline.
She felt his strong hands pinning her arms, ripping at her dress. A terrifying sense of powerlessness washed over her as if she were plummeting into an abyss. His eyes, hungry and beautiful, threatened to
consume her whole.
“What’s your plan? Not content with the chaos you’ve stirred up, ready to strike me for your darling?” Evangeline pushed against his chest, her eyes blazing with anger.
Walter’s fingers clamped onto her face, his dark gaze prowling over her features. “Who did this to you?” “Mind your own business! Get off!”
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Evangeline used to desperately want Walter’s children, but he would not even spare her a glance.
What did he want with her, fresh from Julia’s bed? To settle scores?
She missed the storm brewing in Walter’s handsome face as he surveyed her injuries, the turmoil in his eyes dark and foreboding
Just then, a phone rang. It was Julia calling.
Evangeline accepted the call in front of Walter, and Julia’s voice burst through the moment the call connected.
The number of men in her life seemed to multiply. That James, who came out of nowhere, had completely escaped his notice.
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