Unmasking the Heiress

However, Ruby quickly shook off the feeling of being overpowered by a woman from the countryside.

"Alright, then! Let's see how long you can keep that smug look on your face. Open the door," Ruby ordered, her pride flaring like a peacock's feathers. She was mortified that Evangeline's stare had rattled her and was determined to show who was boss

around there.

Evangeline, weary and worn, was escorted by two hefty men.

Roslyn was incapacitated, so it was up to Ruby to exact revenge for her friend Julia, to return the pain inflicted by Roslyn a thousand times over.

She delivered a resounding slap.

Evangeline did not flinch. It was not that she could not dodge or lacked the ability, she simply chose to let Ruby have her moment.

She vowed to make them pay, to give back as good as she got, a thousand times over. However, her thoughts were a jumbled mess, haunted by the recent debacle at the bar.

Pain scared her, yet Walter, upon arriving, did not even bother to ask if she was hurt. All he cared about was the Gordon family's reputation. He scooped up the woman she loathed and left without a second glance. Maybe it was all in her head, that mess of her own making.

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Evangeline forbade her from getting involved with her issues with Walter, and Roslyn knew Evangeline could handle it. However, despite Evangeline's cool exterior, Roslyn sensed her friend was on the verge of breaking. She could not stand by and do nothing.

After a moment's hesitation, she called Walter. Evangeline was still his wife, for heaven's sake, and he had the nerve to abandon her at the police station. The man was heartless!

Walter answered the phone with a tone of clear annoyance. He knew who it was.

He stood tall and imposing before the panoramic window, gazing down at the city lights. His eyes were a dark, fearsome abyss.

"Walter, thanks to your cruelty, Evie has been taken to jail! How can you be so inhuman? Marrying you was the biggest mistake of her life!" Roslyn spat out furiously.

Walter's response was calm and detached, yet his irritation was palpable. "Roslyn."

"Jerk! You're doing this to Evie all because of Julia. You'll live to regret it!"

"Really? And did you think about the consequences when you and your boy toy caused that scene at the bar?" Walter's voice was a dark growl, his eyes hidden beneath a fringe of lashes. Chapter 21

Evangeline had felt a rush of joy after she walked away from the satisfaction of seeing her beg, not even for a single word.

. She would not give him the

"Wow, you're bringing this up now, huh? Do you know why we did that? It's because you're useless, you

clown! You know exactly how you've treated her. Just a heads you'd better get her now, or else..."

"We're all adults here. We need to think about the consequences," said Walter, his emotions roiling inside him as he pressed his lips into a thin line. "Unless she understands what she's done wrong, a few days in lockup might do her some good." "Ugh! Walter, you jerk! Can't you see that you're-"

Beep, beep, beep!

Roslyn's tirade was cut short as Walter hung up with a decisive click.

It was not that she doubted Evangeline could handle herself. She just wanted to spare her any unnecessary pain.

However, she never expected Walter to actually...

In the president's office of Strata King Group.

Caden sensed that Walter was off.

He approached him, concern etched on his face. "Look, Walter, I'm lost here. What's this all about? You go from shielding Julia to ditching her and brooding over here?"

Caden watched the man return to his seat on the leather sofa by the window, silently sipping his wine.

"If there's nothing else, you can go back."

However, Caden stayed put. "Evangeline's been taken to the station, you know. She's bound to be at a disadvantage... You're still married, doesn't that bother you?"

"She had the nerve to go to such lengths for a child, and now she can't handle a night in jail?"

"You're doing this to teach her a lesson? You're ticked off because she wants a divorce?" Caden asked. "What, I can't be?"

He was curious to see if she would come crawling back to him.

"You know, Walter, for a smart guy, you're pretty clueless about feelings. You say you don't want a divorce, yet you treat her like this! If you don't want to split, why have you given her the cold shoulder for the last three years? That's going to drive her away."