Chapter 247
The anger Walter had been struggling to suppress instantly flared up. The excessive heat in his body along with the pain from his wound drove him to furiously confront Alex and Evangeline.
“Talk about serendipity–my dear wife and dear brother. Can you believe it?” Just me, strolling around with no particular place to go, and who do I bump into? You two!” The suspicion in Walter’s words was unmistakable.
Evangeline felt an urge to clear the air, but Walter was not about to let her get a word in. He made a show of scanning their surroundings. “Wow, this spot’s pretty nice, isn’t it? The old Gordon house is bustling today, yet we find ourselves in this quiet little corner, away from the crowd. Quite the find.”
He stepped closer to Evangeline, “Evangeline, my wife, you must’ve picked this cozy spot for us to reconnect, right? After all, Alex has been gone for so long. It’s not like you could stumble upon it by chance.” Walter laid it on thick with ‘my wife,‘ a not–so–subtle jab at the awkwardness of her and Alex’s
situation.
Evangeline almost laughed at his pettiness. She bit back her amusement, though, not wanting to bruise his ego. Honestly, this ‘rare‘ place Walter was making such a fuss about? Alex had found it.
Walter’s certainty just showed how headstrong he was! Tired of his games, Evangeline fired back. “Spit it out, Mr. Walter Gordon. If you’ve got something to say, just say it. You’re beating around the bush so much that we’re all lost. Or do you want to waste your breath?”
Walter huffed, “Cut the act, Evangeline! Why don’t you just admit why you came back today?”
“Why did I come back?” Evangeline could not believe what she was hearing.” Didn’t Grandpa invite me back for dinner? What, now because of our upcoming divorce, I’m not welcome in the Gordon family anymore?”
She was at a loss for words.
She had always known Walter could be unreasonable, but to see him lose all
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