Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 472

However, Minnie's anger had to wait.

A sudden memory hit her. Walter's party had started at 10 in the morning, and then it was way past bedtime. If she hurried, she could still make it in time to give Walter his birthday surprise.

Without her phone and without anyone to help, Minnie knew she had only one option, and that was to find Walter on her own.

With her mind made up, she did not waste another second. She slipped into her high heels and stepped out of the room.

The world outside her door was a whirlwind of life and noise, a total flip from the silence she had been trapped in. Ignoring the throbbing in her head, she moved through the crowd, her steps uneven but persistent. The dance floor was alive with energy, with couples spinning to the beat. Others lounged around, soaking in the scene. Minnie pushed forward, driven by a single goal-to find Walter before the night slipped away. Minnie spotted Walter's best friend Caden in an instant

Under normal circumstances, she would have thrown a friendly 'hey' his way. However, nothing mattered more than tracking down Walter to wish him well, so she brushed off everything else.

She bolted from the ballroom without a second thought, convinced Walter would not be caught dead in a place like that.

She ran through the ship, checking out every possible hideout, but Walter was nowhere to be seen.

With her heart sinking, Minnie stepped out of her room, needing to get some fresh air on the deck to clear her mind.

a cozy glow from above snagged her attention. She hustled towards

a heartbeat, Minnie knew who they

Walter and... Evangeline!

could kill, the air around her would have

Everything clicked.

had slipped

was out cold!

spat out in

you're the worst! Walter can't stand you, yet you're still trying so hard to charm

Evangeline, threatening her own

more Minnie stewed over it, the hotter her anger burned. She fantasized about storming into

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warmly lit room and

mattered was the decision she had just

while that snake of a woman, who carrying his child, continued to breathe the same air as

determined to show Evangeline that all her tit Violin Prodigy,' or the 'Foster Family's Darling'-meant

fierce as a flame, Minnie glided with poise to but to primp in front of the cruise ship's ubiquitous