Chapter 195

Moira buried her head. “Can you please go ahead, Mr. Covington?”

She was usually quite sharp, so why did she turn into a clumsy penguin whenever she was around Barclay?

“If you keep squatting like this, you might feel dizzy when you stand up later,” Barclay said.

He paused for a moment and continued, “And you’re on the stairs right now. Can you guarantee that you won’t faint and fall later? What’s more important, saving face or your life?”

Moira stayed silent. Alright, her life was more important.

Moira decided to break the ice. She released the embrace around herself and looked up at Barclay. “Mr. Covington, do you think I’m like a

clumsy penguin?”

Barclay replied, “No.”

Moira secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could even fully relax, she heard him speak again. “More like a clumsy rabbit.”

Moira went speechless.

Okay, she got it. The “clumsy image” she had in front of him was not going away anytime soon.

Moira didn’t want to shake off that image anymore. He thought she was clumsy, but it was better than him finding out she was coveting him.

With that thought, Moira felt a bit less embarrassed.

up and go to the piano room

vision blurred, her head spun, and her body

and Moira leaned on him for a moment until her vision gradually cleared and her

lifted her head, looking at his rolling Adam’s apple, and remembered the day Barclay asked her if

help but ask, “Mr. Covington, can I touch your Adam’s apple again?”

little too bold?‘ Moira mocked herself

asked, “Didn’t you touch

quickly apologized in a fluster. “I’m sorry, I was just

sald,

him, subconsciously looking at him for

looked at her,

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out to

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and she could feel a gentle

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Barclay suddenly grabbed her wrist. “Be

hearing his words, she

burned as if it were about

Would you mind satisfying my curiosity, Ms.

his gaze, which held an inexplicable mystery and a hint of

skipped a beat. “What are

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