The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming

Chapter 510 The Owner Was a Girl

Walter's slightly jealous tone made Natalie laugh, and once she did, Walter followed with a chuckle of his own. The laughter eased the atmosphere between them.

"Alright, I'll ask Marcus if he knows any young, wealthy women who'd be willing to marry you, build you a career, and keep you as their boy toy," Natalie said with a teasing smile, her eyes curved with amusement.

Walter laughed at that. "Only if she's smooth-skinned, gorgeous, and has legs for days. You'd better not be living the high life while handing me scraps."

"No problem." Natalie laughed. "Now that we've talked it out, you don't feel bad anymore, right? We can still hang out like good friends?"

"Yeah, the knot is untied." Walter nodded. "Nat, thank you for being upfront with me and not letting things fester in awkward silence."

He smiled sincerely. "Nat, I really do like you, but I'd never turn that into hate just because you're with Marcus. We'll still be like we used to be, right?"

"Right." Natalie openly accepted his feelings, and just as openly told him how she viewed their friendship. They could never be lovers, but they would always be family.

For someone like Walter, an orphan, Natalie had been the light of his childhood- and truly, of his entire life. She understood him, accepted him, and guided him.

They were both good people, and this bit of unreturned affection shouldn't make them strangers. Now that everything was out in the open, both felt lighter. Interacting afterward, there wasn't the slightest trace of awkwardness.

After summarizing the clues they had uncovered, Walter and Natalie headed to the arcade. Once there, they quickly found machine number 33, which was filled with Spongius plush toys.

Walter went to exchange coins, walked back, and started playing with the arcade machine.

Natalie stood nearby, quietly observing the crowd. The arcade was packed- machines buzzed and people chattered. Most of the crowd was young, though there were a few parents playing games with their kids.

It didn't take long for Walter to grab two Spongius plush toys. He handed them to Natalie. "Is Marcus this good at claw machines?"

head. "Honestly,

picked up a few coins herself and went over to machine number 34. Not long after, she managed to grab two plush toys

toys?" a young girl approached, holding some coins and smiling sweetly at Natalie. "Do you like the plushies from machine

it. Sure enough, a ringtone went off on the girl. The next second, the girl smiled brightly and pulled

miss. The owner of this phone asked me to meet you. She told me to give you this phone-it has something you want in it." She

eyebrow. She looked at the phone the girl had handed over-there was no password. After unlocking it, she checked the contacts where only Grace's number was

busy checking the phone, he led the girl to the side. "Tell

them

take her to win

then walked to a quieter spot to

than a distraction-it was a cover

combing through the phone. It was an old model, with only a few apps installed. One

folder was filled

He had many intimate photos with one of the women, while there were only a few with the other. But

intimate photos between

this was some kind of love

look. Cassie and Wesley bore a strong resemblance to the woman in the photos who was closest to Charles-and to Charles himself. The other woman

them, either the elder or the younger, was Charles' wife-and Wesley

who brought the phone shared some similarities with them as

glanced back into the arcade, where the girl clutched a pile of plush toys in her arms, beaming with excitement beside

had sent the girl knew

already traced things