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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.
However, Walter’s reaction was unexpected. His brows knitted together, and 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 full–on appeasement mode.
“Oh, no way! You’ve got me in this protective bubble–who’d dare give me trouble?”
She rested her chin in her palm and perched on the edge of Walter’s desk, trying to look calm. Internally. panic was setting her nerves ablaze.
The final warning had come, and this was her last chance. She had to go, no matter what.
Before she could scramble for another excuse, Walter’s voice came, sincere and concerned, “Minnie, you know, work only started to 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 other girls, what are they? They can’t be more important than me, right?”
“You’re the most important, no one 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 when she got an idea.
“But Walter, we can’t just 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 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 what he had done to get dragged into that mess.
Considering Walter’s obvious favoritism toward Minnie, David quickly 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 work. If that’s been bothering you, then I’m sorry!”
David’s words were by the book, but the coolness in his tone made it clear where he stood.
He would rather apologize to Minnie than get tangled up with her in any way.
In his mind, there was only one Mrs. Gordon worthy of the name in the Gordon family, and that was Evangeline. Minnie, who seemed to have come out of nowhere, did not even deserve to be in the same sentence as Evangeline!
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Walter gave Minnie a sharp look, his eyes telling her, ‘Look, he’s said his piece, you’re just making things
up.‘
Minnie had no idea that her next move was about to push her to the brink of madness.
She had to slip away from Walter’s watchful eyes at all costs. If she did not, she would be humiliated!
Forget about being the esteemed Mrs. Gordon of the Gordon family; she would not even be able to linger in Walter’s shadow unnoticed.
“However, I’ve had so many arguments with David already, and being in the office just throws him off his game. Plus, my friends are already waiting for me right outside the mall…”
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