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 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 gossip flying around the office, and it's high time for a crackdown." Minnie had never seen that side of Walter and braced herself for a storm, slipping into

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

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

warning had come, and this was her last chance. She

be fun when you joined me. If you're not here, I just can't settle down to anything. So, please don't go, okay? Those

wide and lost until they

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. He had no clue

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

would rather apologize to Minnie than get tangled up with her in

was Evangeline. Minnie, who seemed to have

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