Chapter 518

Evangeline wanted nothing to do with Walter.

She was even somewhat scared of getting too close. She feared that if Walter was too tender with her, she might forget the pain that had once been forced upon her and fall back into a hopeless crush on him.

The car roared to life, and the two in the back sat worlds apart, one to the left and the other to the right.

The driver, focused on his job, was so spooked by the tension behind him that he barely dared to take a deep breath.

Evangeline was never one to stand an awkward silence. Though she wanted to keep her distance from Walter, her ingrained politeness would not allow the silence to linger.

The words of her bodyguard echoed in her mind, and Evangeline's eyebrow raised as she eyed the man before her. "Walter, I've heard... you're on the hunt for Minnie?"

Walter's face lost color for a moment, but he quickly masked his shock with a neutral expression.

It was no shocker to Evangeline that he was searching for Minnie. After all, the