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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

were

far

more

bobbed slightly, and in a deep, resonant voice, he leaned down, his dark playfulness. "If I don't keep tabs, how else

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no need to wait overnight, With nothing else to do while lying there with needles in him, Walter

Wisses on her cheeks,

grinned smugly, like a lion thoroughly enjoying its new plaything,

needles and shooing him off to soak in his herbal bath.

up the cat's bedding, just as Sean sent a message saying he

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

background noise on Shakira's end was filled with meowing "I'm cleaning the cat's nest. You

Let's video chat And without waiting for Shakira's response, he switched to

the video connected, Sean's view was

Shakira. Is taking care of cats so exhausting that just

her throat, trying to change the

you know that Keith, the software engineer who was building the Virmo

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

him go.

a relief! If he tries to take Virmo stuff

of Shakira diligently cleaning the litter box on the screen and shifted his gaze around the room to see how Walter, that dog of a man,

forget the main point either. "Shakira, what did you want to talk

to step in and

Sean completely stunned. He said, "Wait, what? Shakira, you're dating Walter, and

to scatter. Shakira picked up the phone and explained helplessly, "It's a collaboration, not a gift. Virmo provides the technology,

individual cash flow in their account than you. Not even Walter! And you're telling me you're

taken aback. "I

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