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.

in his eyes. "Who's been saying you're a distraction? That's just not fair. Spill it. There's been too much gossip flying around the office,

in this protective

perched on the edge of Walter's desk, trying to look calm. Internally. panic was setting

come, and this was her last chance. She had to go, no

started to be fun when you joined me. If you're not here, I

response came out without thinking, her eyes wide and lost until they landed on David, who had been quiet the whole time. That was when she

hanging on to me like this, it's going to make things with David 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,

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 you, then I'm sorry!" David's words were by the book, but the coolness

apologize to Minnie than get tangled up with her in any

was Evangeline. Minnie, who seemed to have

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a sharp look, his eyes telling her, 'Look, he's