Chapter 195

Moira buried her head. “Can you please go ahead, Mr. Covington?”

She was usually quite sharp, so why did she turn into a clumsy penguin whenever she was around Barclay?

“If you keep squatting like this, you might feel dizzy when you stand up later,” Barclay said.

He paused for a moment and continued, “And you’re on the stairs right now. Can you guarantee that you won’t faint and fall later? What’s more important, saving face or your life?”

Moira stayed silent. Alright, her life was more important.

Moira decided to break the ice. She released the embrace around herself and looked up at Barclay. “Mr. Covington, do you think I’m like a clumsy penguin?”

Barclay replied, “No.”

Moira secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could even fully relax, she heard him speak again. “More like a clumsy rabbit.”

Moira went speechless.

Okay, she got it. The “clumsy image” she had in front of him was not going away anytime soon.

anymore. He thought she was clumsy, but it was

that thought, Moira felt a bit

up and go to the piano

as she stood up, her vision blurred, her head spun, and

Moira leaned on him for a moment until her vision

head, looking at his rolling Adam’s apple, and remembered the day Barclay asked

if possessed, Moira couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Covington, can I touch your Adam’s apple again?”

you a little too bold?‘

touch

vanished instantly, and she quickly apologized in

Barclay sald, “Go

subconsciously

at her,

reached out

somewhat firm yet slightly soft, and she could feel a gentle warmth beneath

grabbed her wrist. “Be more

and upon hearing his words, she dared

burned as if it were about to

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