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.

to shake off that image anymore. He thought she was clumsy, but it was better

thought, Moira felt a bit less embarrassed.

to get up and go to the piano

she stood up, her vision blurred, her

leaned on him for a moment until her vision gradually

and remembered the day Barclay asked

Moira couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Covington, can I touch your Adam’s apple

a little too bold?‘

you touch it

and she quickly apologized in a fluster. “I’m sorry, I was just

sald, “Go ahead.”

thought she misheard him, subconsciously looking at him for

at her,

reached out to touch

and she could feel a gentle warmth beneath her fingertips.

to retract her hand after a brief touch, but Barclay suddenly grabbed her wrist. “Be more thorough this time, so you won’t keep

words,

her face burned as if it were about to explode.

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