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.

been saying you're a distraction? That's just not fair. Spill it. There's been too much gossip flying around the office, and it's high time for

got me in this protective bubble-who'd dare give me

her palm and perched on the edge of Walter's

come, and this was her last chance. She

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

else." Minnie's response came out without thinking, her eyes wide and lost until they landed on

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

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 in his tone made it clear where

than get tangled up

Mrs. Gordon worthy of 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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her, 'Look, he's said his piece, you're just making