The True Heiress's Return

Chapter 30

Walter hadn't expected her to dare touch him directly. His deep eyes narrowed sharply, and a multiturle of complex emotions flashed through them in an instant. "Shakira!" He bent down and grabbed her slender wrist, which felt as if it had no bones.

But before he could say anything. Shakira quickly preempted him. "If you don't let me treat you, do you really want to take. me to the grave with you?"

Walter fell silent. Finally, with a dark expression, he loosened his grip. His teeth nearly ground together as he warned, "If your touch anything you shouldn't, you're finished." Shakira's lips twitched. She'd made one mistake, and he really treated her like a beast ever since.

Knowing she was in the wrong, Shakira decided to withdraw from the argument. She gently straightened his leg, holding his foot forward, and tentatively pressed a pressure point at his ankle. At the same time, she closely observed his reaction. Walter's 's brows furrowed slightly, and Shakira's eyes lit up. "What do you feel here?"

"A slight tingling, very faint, not intense. He had been sick long enough to recognize that was a pressure point. A normal person would feel sharp pain from even a light press, especially since he could see that she was applying some force. Shakira continued, "Does it hurt?" Walter shook his head. Her fingers slid up to his calf. "What about here?"

The sensation is even fainter

here, Walter replied.

Shakira tested several acupuncture points between his ankle and knee. As she worked her way up, the closer she got to his knee, the weaker his sensations became.

After she rolled his pant leg back down, Shakira slowly stood up. The nerves in your legs have sustained varying degrees of damage. There's neuritis in a few places at the extremities. Acupuncture is the first step.

A flicker of surprise passed through Walter's eyes. Then, he looked at Shakira with a newfound curiosity,

life. Yet all those renowned specialists

Shakira

experts days to conclude. He wondered if she was truly skilled in this field, or those doctors he had brought in were

Shakira

plainly, "I promise. I'm not making this up or

was instantly plunged into darkness. Shakira's heart skipped a beat, and instinctively, she reached

moonlight seeping through the window, he saw Shakira trembling, even her eyelashes quivering He had seen her being sharp-tongued, or acting sweet, just like a c***g little fox. But now she was curled up in his arms. Her wide, clear eyes were moist and filled with helplessness,

Chapter 30

the corners of his lips. "Seems

a

you holding

voice. 'In novels, when rich people get assassinated, it's always after

bluff. "When you lie, try

to suspect that all the sensation in his

her rarely flustered, Walter found it amusing. "Shakira, you're not afraid of anything, but you're scared of

started speaking slowly. "Two years ago, out of nowhere, my adoptive parents gave me a plane ticket. They said it was a birthday gifi, a trip to Solvara. "There's s a direct flight from Crescentville to Solvara's capital, but those are during the day and expensive. To save money. they got me a cheap, red-eye flight with a layover in a small country in

class.

front of Eric, who was Lago's father and the only one in the Smith family who cared for Shakira-yet had been bedridden for life after a sudden accident. She had long stopped expecting anything from Lago and Jessie, but she didn't want to break Eric's heart. Therefore,

The night sky had unknowingly filled with thick layers