The True Heiress's Return

Chapter 75

The Nelson family restaurant has a beautiful European-style terrace that looks out over the backyard. Yvette used the excuse of getting hot milk to come over here.

But after trying for a long time, she couldn't catch a single word of the conversation between the two brothers. Yvette was really annoyed. 'What kind of spell has Shakira cast on Mitchell? Why is he defending her so much now!' Just then, Yvette received a message on her phone, and a cold smirk crept into her jealous eyes. 'Shakira, let's see how long you can keep this up!'

In the following days, all the companies interested in bidding for the Southville development were secretly competing and pulling all sorts of tricks to ensure they secured the project.

Shakira was also super busy, arranging hot baths and acupuncture for Walter. She thought Walter wouldn't cooperate with the treatment, but surprisingly, he was the one who asked her when she could give him acupuncture. When she first heard it, she was taken aback, "Are you getting hooked on the needles?"

Walter's handsome face turned dark with anger.

Shakira quickly decided not not to

Walter's leg had been injured Joke around anymore and got serious. "Actually, I want to stabilize your cold condition before treating your leg injury. Once that's under control, the treatment will go better."

I for over half a year; he wasn't in a rush. Besides, he somehow trusted Shakira's abilities. "Alright, we'll go with what you said."

"Great! So three hot baths a week, with about ten sessions in total. After soaking for half an hour, we'll do the acupuncture. Can we start around nine every other evening?" After saying that, Shakira murmured to herself, "Wait, I forgot you need to rest by ten. That might affect your sleep. But I But I have a competition coming up, and I need to attend a simulation class after school, so I'll be back a bit later..." "Let's stick to this schedule; I can make it work."

arrangement gave Shakira more time to breathe. Before she knew it, only two days were left before the

that the Smith family was feeling confident about the bidding. In contrast, Xanthe had lost all faith and was feeling down. She told Xanthe to cheer up Enrique at home; until the

usual. She needed to stop by a private lab to pick up the results for Walter's pain medication, which she had sent for testing. As she stepped out, she sensed something off and turned to look back. Behind her were groups of students leaving campus; nothing seemed

a taxi. Once the taxi drove off, a van slowly crept out from around the corner, stealthily following the taxi. Inside a nearby business car, an assistant watched

deserted at the entrance. Shakira asked the driver to wait a bit and paid him in advance, then quickly walked into the lab. The van parked closely behind and out stepped six intimidating, muscular men, charging aggressively toward the taxi. But before they got too close,

down the window. "Before you go after my sister, why don't we have a little

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to the office of the senior manager. Jasmin Sullivan, who had looked serious earlier, jumped up to close the door as soon as she saw Shakira. "You finally made it! That thing you asked me to test...

here because it has a very serious side

composition report from him, her expression turning grave. "Using it in excessive

tested it in a private office. No one else knows. If this leaks,

trouble!"

is," Shakira said, tossing the report into the shredder, watching it turn to scraps. She turned to Jasmin, who was staring at her with wide eyes, practically

She had only seen Jasmin twice, but he had the natural advantage of being a pretty boy, and he took great care of his

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