Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress by Vera Fiore

Chapter 261

---- Lucy tapped her temple, eyes sparkling. "Female intuition. It's like my superpower." Intuition? Damn, she was good. "So?" Lucy pressed. "Come on, Thalia. We're way past professional boundaries here. I'm literally the president of your fan club." Thalia laughed and playfully swatted Lucy's head with a folder. "Seriously? Gossiping on company time? You trying to get fired or something?" Lucy zipped her lips with an exaggerated gesture. "After hours," she mouthed silently.

After finishing up with Lucy, Thalia headed back to her office to deal with Lucia. The woman had practically made herself at home there over the past few months. Thalia loved her teas-had an entire collection of premium varieties that she'd offer whenever Lucia visited. But Lucia, with her years in New York, was a hardcore coffee snob. She had standards that would make baristas weep. ---- She'd even bought her own high-end coffee machine to keep in Thalia's office.

The rich aroma of freshly ground beans hit Thalia as soon as she opened her door. Lucia was already at the machine, looking perfectly at home.

to carry on." She filled her electric kettle, preparing her usual afternoon oolong. "So what's up? Special reason for the visit?" "Do I need a reason to see my friend?" Lucia playfully echoed Asher's earlier words: "Just wanted to see you, so I came."

else, you know that? The guy you're into says something cheesy to another woman, and your response is to repeat it as a joke?" Lucia shrugged, staring into her coffee, "What are my options here? Threaten him at knifepoint to fall for me instead?" Thalia

hiding it. "Called it." Lucia sighed. "I've been back in London for months now, and I've barely managed to get five sentences out of him. It's always been me chasing, me trying." There was real hurt in her eyes. "But with you? It's different. He's always the one showing up at your door. Always him making the effort."