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

were

far

more

down, his dark playfulness. "If I don't keep tabs, how else can I be there to pick you

eyes

full of

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shock. "No way, you still have needles in-" Her protests swallowed by

no need to wait overnight, With nothing else to do while lying there with needles in him, Walter decided to shower Shakira with nuzzle her nose, and peck delicately at the corners

Wisses on her cheeks,

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

and shooing him off to soak in

room to tidy up the cat's bedding,

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Sean, who sounded surprised. "Shakira, I

"I'm cleaning the cat's nest. You can talk. I've got some things

protested loudly, "I want to see the cat too! Let's video

but to accept. As soon as the video connected, Sean's view was filled

Shakira. Is taking care of cats so exhausting that just cleaning their nest

throat, trying to change

software engineer who was building the Virmo foundation, suddenly sent me a

have been people trying to poach the Virmo team lately. I thought I'd give

leave, let him go. He was

If he tries to take Virmo stuff to another company,

diligently cleaning the litter box on the screen and shifted his gaze around the

"Shakira, what

continued her task. "Sean, I need you to step

Sean completely stunned. He said, "Wait, what? Shakira, you're dating Walter, and now you want to hand Virmo over to

gift. Virmo provides the technology, and Lopez Group provides the funds. It's mutually beneficial." Sean

bet that across all of Crescentville-no, all of the nation-there's no one with a higher individual cash flow in their account than you. Not even Walter! And you're telling me

aback. "I have that much