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Chapter 91
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With a triumphant smirk, Julia slipped by the watchful eyes of the bodyguards and tiptoed out the back door.
Evangeline settled into her private booth at Kronovia Royale Pub, surrounded by glasses of Bloody Mary.
The Fosters were gambling royalty, their power unchallenged.
Evangeline, a true Foster by blood, had always been drawn to the color of blood.
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Staring into the deep red of her drink, her favorite, Evangeline could not shake the image of Walter from
her mind.
Evangeline! You’re the Foster family’s treasured princess, the apple of everyone’s eye, raised with love and care by your doting grandfather and uncles–not to be mistreated!
What’s a guy like Walter even worth? To think he drove you to drink your sorrows away and torment yourself. Does he deserve that power over you? Absolutely not! ran her thoughts.
Évangeline’s heart screamed the answer, but her hand betrayed her, lifting the glass and emptying it in one defiant swig.
Walter was, after all, a man she had once loved. On this night, she would let herself go wild, just this once.
Right then, a knock echoed at the private room’s door.
The bodyguard, always close by, stepped in with Evangeline’s nod.
“Miss, should we hide tonight’s affair from Mr. Cole Foster?”
The thought of her sick grandfather, lying in bed back home, cast a shadow over Evangeline’s gaze. Cole was still dreaming of holding a great–grandson from her and Walter.
However, she was already on the brink of divorce. How could her dear grandfather endure such news?
“Keep it under wraps for now. I’ll find the right moment to explain everything to him myself,” she decided.
With a wave of her hand, the bodyguard withdrew, gently closing the door behind him.
However, before she could truly lose herself, there was one more call she had to make.
“Uncle, please remind Walter to pick up his divorce papers from the County Clerk’s Office tomorrow. And about that Foster family’s sapphire necklace auction, Walter didn’t really drop one hundred thirty–five million on it, did he? Make sure he gets his money back.”
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