The True Heiress's Return

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Night falls at Eastlake Valley Estate.

After dinner, Shakira pushed Walter to the lakeside for a stroll, while they stopped by to feed Otto a late-night snack. Once their food settled, she wheeled him back to the room, preparing for an acupuncture session.

Walter watched her calmly placing the needles, his thick eyebrows raising slightly. He couldn't help but ask, "The marketing department has a project initiation meeting the day after tomorrow. With the cessation of the Norpa collaboration, shouldn't you be busy selecting new partners?"

"We are busy," Shakira said, holding a silver needle in one hand and turning Walter's head back with the other, swiftly inserting the needle. "But that doesn't stop me from treating you

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From a position where Shakira couldn't see, as she placed the third needle, Walter's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Tilting her head to look at him, Shakira asked, "Did I accidentally insert it too deeply? Does it hurt?"

Walter replied calmly, "No sensation."

Nodding, Shakira murmured, "Makes sense. If it hurt, you'd have told me before

A fleeting shadow crossed Walter's eyes, but he carried on the previous Charles to recruit the lead designer of the Virmo app into the project?"

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conversation. "But I heard you took on a task from

Hearing this, Shakira's lips curved as she quickly inserted the remaining needles and crawled onto the bed beside Walter. With a mischievous smile, she glanced at him. "Why is the ever-busy Mr. Lopez so curious about my work?"

A few tingling sensations coursed through his legs, and Walter felt his temples throb. As she moved closer, he couldn't hide his expression in time and turned his face away, a rare hint of panic in his demeanor. Seeing his reddening ears, Shakira chuckled, thinking Walter was embarrassed at being caught spying. "You were so bold when you were snooping, why are you shy now?" she teased, laughing softly. Walter composed himself for a moment before turning back around. He captivating than the night sky full of stars outside the window.

saw her bright, laughing eyes, which

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dark playfulness. "If I

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Shakira's eyes widened in shock. "No way, you still have

a kiss while giving someone acupuncture. If she had known, she wouldn't have teased Walter earlier. Now she was paying for it immediately, no need to wait

Wisses on her cheeks,

flush under his attentions, Walter grinned smugly, like a lion thoroughly enjoying its

Shakira quickly turned over, pushing him away to remove the needles and shooing him off to soak in his herbal bath. Finally, her burning cheeks had a chance to

her small room to tidy up the cat's bedding, just as Sean sent

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Sean, who sounded surprised. "Shakira, I thought you

meowing "I'm cleaning the

loudly, "I want to see the cat too! Let's video chat And without waiting for Shakira's response, he switched to

as the video connected, Sean's

"No way, Shakira. Is taking care of cats so exhausting

throat, trying to change the subject. "What's

know that Keith, the software engineer who was building the Virmo foundation, suddenly sent me a resignation email tonight."

people trying to poach the Virmo team lately. I thought I'd give you a heads-up to

reassured him, "It's okay. If he wants to leave, let him go. He was mostly

to take Virmo stuff to another company, I won't let him get away with

he caught a glimpse of the back of Shakira diligently cleaning the litter box on the screen and shifted his gaze around the room to

main point either. "Shakira,

I need you to step in and facilitate the collaboration between Virmo and

"Wait, what? Shakira, you're dating Walter, and now

up the phone and explained helplessly, "It's a collaboration, not a gift. Virmo provides the technology, and Lopez Group provides the funds. It's mutually beneficial." Sean didn't buy it. "Shakira, come on, you can't fool me. Others might

nation-there's no one with a higher individual cash

was taken aback. "I have that