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 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, and it's high time for a crackdown." Minnie had never seen that

me in this protective bubble-who'd

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

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

"Minnie, you know, work only started to be fun when you joined me. If you're not here,

else." Minnie's response came out without thinking, her eyes wide and lost until they landed on David, who had been quiet the whole time. That was

to look after me. Our relationship is already kind of tricky, and it's not fair to put him

about being professional and focused at work. If that's been bothering you, then

rather apologize to Minnie than get tangled up with her in

one Mrs. Gordon worthy of the name in the Gordon family, and that was Evangeline. Minnie, who

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his eyes telling her, 'Look, he's said his piece,