Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 408

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Walter's affection was smothering Minnie, his love a tight band around her chest.

The excuses Minnie had conjured were crumbling before they could even take flight. The disappointment in Walter's eyes melted her resolve

"I just couldn't stand to leave you!" She nibbled on her lip and smoothed out his unruly bangs with a gentle hand. "But I'd just get in the way of your work, sticking to you like glue. If I messed with the company's bottom line, wouldn't I be the villain stealing bread from our team's table?"

She laid it on thick, hoping Walter would catch on to her desperate need for a breather and buy her flimsy excuse, if only for a short while.

His brows knitted together, and a sharp glint appeared in his eyes. "Who's been saying you're a distraction? That's just not fair. Spill it. There's been too much

in this protective bubble-who'd dare give

her chin in her palm and perched on the edge of Walter's desk, trying to look calm. Internally. panic was setting

and this was her last chance. She

"Minnie, you know, work only started to be fun when you joined me. If you're not here, I just can't settle down

important, no one else." Minnie's response came out without thinking, her eyes wide and lost until they landed on

super awkward! He's the guy you sent to look after me. Our relationship is already kind of tricky, and it's not fair to put him in the middle, s it?" David felt like he was just minding his own business when he was caught in the crossfire.

quickly stood up, his voice firm and clear, Ms. Kast, I think there's been a bit of a mix-up. I'm all about being professional and focused at work. If that's been bothering

get tangled up

the name in the Gordon family, and that was Evangeline. Minnie, who seemed to have come out of nowhere, did not even

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a sharp look, his eyes telling her,