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.

a distraction? That's just not fair. Spill it. There's been too much gossip flying around

way! You've got me in this protective bubble-who'd dare give

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

her last chance. She had to go,

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

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

think about ourselves, right? if you keep 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

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

Minnie than get tangled up with her in any

one Mrs. Gordon worthy of the name in the Gordon family, and that was Evangeline. Minnie, who seemed to have come out of nowhere,

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