Chapter 255

Out of nowhere, the sweet melody of her phone's ringtone snapped Evangeline back to reality. She stared at the name dancing on the screen, hesitated for just a second, and then accepted the call.

"Make it quick, and don't mess with my downtime!" She was not in the mood for Walter's rambling and made that clear right off the bat.

To her surprise, it was not Walter's voice on the other end.

"Evangeline, do you always boss around Mr. Walter Gordon like this?" Caden's voice came through, laced with an awkward chuckle.

Evangeline's lips quirked up in a half-smile.

Was it fate that the first time she flexed her muscles with Walter, Caden had to be the one to catch it?

"Spit it out."

She had laid down the law, and Caden was not about to forget it.

Evangeline maintained her cool facade, determined to show nothing but ice.

Evangeline's words snapped Caden back to reality, and he could hear the panic creeping into the voice on the other end of the phone.

"Uh, Evangeline, I'm at Kronovi