Unmasking the Heiress (Evangeline and Walte) novel Chapter 575

"Holden, Dad might be a bit out of it these days, but he can still have moments of clarity. You've got to make sure this stays under wraps, make everyone at the Foster estate zip their lips!"

"I got it, don't worry."

Holden felt a wave of unease. Armed with the news, he hurried back to the Foster family estate, only to find Celina and Cole casually chatting on the living room couch.

"Mr. Foster, my fiance David caught a chill and got sick, but I can't leave the house, so I had to ask Ms. Evangeline to take him to the hospital for me. You're not mad, are you?"

Celina had rehearsed that with Evangeline, but even so, she hesitated for just a second when she mentioned David's name. Her voice, usually so strong and confident, softened without her even realizing it when she spoke to Cole.

The old man, with his grandfatherly kindness, made her think of her grandfather.

Her parents never wanted a daughter, so they left her with her grandparents right after she was born. Then, as if on cue, her grandmother got sick and passed away not long after.

That was when people started saying Celina was bad luck, that she was a curse.

Everyone, except her grandfather, who cherished her like the most precious gem, even though it meant clashing with her dad and uncles. Her grandfather, a simple farmer cut off by his kids, worked tirelessly to raise her.

Celina fought tooth and nail to get ahead, moving from her rural home to the county, and then to the city. She finally landed a job in the provincial capital with a salary of 225 thousand dollars a year.

She thought she would finally be able to give her grandfather a good life, but then she found out he was sick with the same illness that took her grandma, and he did not have much time left.