Chapter 458

Walter was fuming, the kind of anger everyone could feel in the air.

Evangeline turned into the third wheel, popping all of Walter's dreamy bubbles. He was so ticked off that he could not even muster the energy to call out Minnie's obviously exaggerated stories.

Alex's words were still buzzing in his ears. At that moment, all he wanted to know was whether Evangeline would get the slightest bit jealous over him.

If she did, he would drop the act with Minnie in a heartbeat and focus solely on Evangeline and their child, even if it meant losing a crucial tip on the Bennison family, his arch-enemies.

"Evangeline, it would really bum both me and Minnie out if you weren't there for this big deal, so come on, join us," he said.

That answer said it all about where Walter stood.

Imagine, a husband and his side-chick all cozy celebrating a birthday, and the real wife was supposed to just show up and cheer them on? What kind of messed-up situation was that?

However, Evangeline was not inti