Unmasking the Heiress

"Listen, Evle, Alex is a very thoughtful guy. If you ended up with him, I guarantee you'd be happy." Holden's words started to twist, sounding more and more like he trying to match her with Alex. Evangeline was mid-sip when Holden's bombshell nearly made her do a spit-take.

"Uncle, do you hear yourself? I just divorced Walter, and now you're pushing me toward his brother? What am I to you? Or do you think a Foster girl is doomed to spinsterhood without a Gordon man?" She had married Walter for love. However, to jump from Walter to Alex right after a divorce was a whole new level of crazy.

Holden, with all his years, harboring such wild ideas? Evangeline knew she had to squash that thought

before it took root.

Holden caught on to the unease in Evangeline's thoughts and let out a scoff. "Of course, our Foster girl wouldn't just get stuck on the Gordons, would she?"

He had always thought his niece was head over heels for Walter's good looks. She had been dreaming of marrying the guy since the day she laid eyes on him, even though they were strangers before that.

Then Alex showed up, a carbon copy of Walter, but with a heart of gold and a soft touch. What a perfect stand-in.

Yale had already checked in with Cole, letting him know all was well, and then he hightailed it back to help Evangeline.

As soon as he switched to business mode, Yale's expression turned dead serious.

"Evie, we've figured out that three of the Foster cars took off up Dannington Road, but you weren't in any of them. Did you guys split up because something went down?"

Yale was well aware that the Foster family's bodyguards were die-hard loyal. They would not just take off without Evangeline's say-so.

He was thus confused as to why Evangeline would have sent them away.

That was when Evangeline realized she had not filled Yale in on her detour to chase down Lydia. Pushing down the rush of adrenaline, she finally explained, "Here's the deal, I was halfway back to the villa when I got this tip about Lydia, and I just had to go after her. "However, our team noticed other cars tailing the Foster family's convoy. Unsure if they were friends or enemies, we couldn't just make a move without thinking. Luckily, you had sent plenty of cars to guard me, so we decided to split up. This move would throw off anyone following us and wouldn't mess with my plan to nab Lydia.All content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

"I never thought things would go down like this..."

Sending those three cars away was supposed to be a quick fix, but who knew it would be the last time they would see them?

The thought of people dying for her, of their families with kids and grandparents waiting at home, filled Evangeline's heart with sorrow. After all, those people in the three cars had lost their lives because of her.

"Uncle, how are the families being looked after? I want to go see them myself, to show them I care."

Life was irreplaceable, and all Evangeline could think to do was to go to their homes and personally hand over the money to help them out.

Yale pondered for a moment and then shook his head. "The crash was so bad, the hospital's swamped. It'll probably be a while before we get the full story.

"However, there's something else on my mind. Our Foster family cars are some of the safest out there, with top-notch crash and fire protection. And yet, they were totaled!"