The True Heiress's Return

Chapter 182

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As soon as she finished speaking, a light came on from the other side of the room. It was Walter, turning on his phone by the desk.

Shakira rubbed her eyes and sat up. "What time is it..." Walter pressed the smart remote control that controlled the adjustable lighting system, and instantly, the room lit up like it was daytime. "It's about midnight."

Shakira was still a bit dazed, her reaction was slow, and she was shocked. "Did I really sleep that long?" "About eight hours." Shakira couldn't believe it herself.

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wake you But this couch was indeed very comfortable, warm like wool, making her feel completely relaxed. "Why didn't up, and why didn't you turn on the lights? What were you doing just now?" Walter answered seriously, "Sleeping." Shakira was at a loss for words. She got up. She replied to some messages on her phone first. After that, she opened the curtains and looked outside. The tents all had their lights on, and it was so quiet that it seemed that everyone was resting.

Suddenly, Shakira felt a pang of hunger in her stomach. She rolled her eyes and had an idea. She walked over to Walter with a smile. "Hey, want some late-night snacks?"

Walter glanced at her, instantly seeing through the mischievous idea hidden beneath her smile. "What junk food are you planning to get this time?" The use of the word 'again' was indeed quite clever.

"How can you call it junk food? We like to call it something new." She opened the suitcase she'd dragged over, revealing the instant vegetable soup powder that Levi had slipped in last night

"There's the instant vegetable soup powder here, and I saw some crayfish in the mini-fridge. I can make a meal with these things!" Walter looked completely unimpressed. "You eat it; I'm not hungry." Shakira huffed, betting that Walter wouldn't be able to resist hunger for long!

refreshed and eager to satisfy her cravings, Shakira got right to it. The crayfish were fresh, and without

heads, and give the claws a good scrub, too. Hmm, the water's pretty dirty, so please use a bit

every form of combat, never imagined they'd ever use their strength for this kind

took the chance to approach Walter and quietly reported on the findings about Sean. "Sean made his first fortune in the

a pause, "And also, Ms. Nelson's friend, Xanthe, went into Sean's room this afternoon and hasn't come out since. Enrique got the Southville Project under Sean's substantial support. They must have... a pretty close relationship!" Walter raised

thought, 'So it seems Sean isn't interested in Shakira, but rather... Xanthe.' For some reason, he felt a

Should I arrange for someone to prepare it?" Shakira was busy dealing with the crawfish over there. Brian knew very well Walter's temperament; such

finding it somewhat unbelievable. "Mr. Lopez, are you planning to eat crawfish?" Walter didn't answer

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asked back, "Why,

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that Walter wasn't angry, Brian let out a slight sigh of relief and turned

again, he realized

since Shakira came, Walter's old rules

ceased to hold true.

heavily funded bodyguards could be. In just under thirty minutes, they had cleaned several pounds of

of crayfish back to the kitchen, rolled up her sleeves, and turned on the stove. She began by deep-frying the freshly washed crayfish until they were bright red, then scooped them out and set

pot with water and instant soup powder. When the aroma started to waft, she added the fried crayfish.

cook, Shakira tidied up the kitchen counter. She washed a couple of cucumbers and munched on one. She then