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.

off that image anymore. He thought she was clumsy, but it was better than him finding out

felt

comforting herself, she decided to get up and go to the piano room to practice.

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

support her, and Moira leaned on him for a moment until her vision gradually cleared and her dizziness

apple, and remembered the day Barclay asked

“Mr. Covington, can I

a little too bold?‘ Moira mocked herself

you touch it last

response, Moira’s audacity vanished instantly, and she quickly apologized in a

Barclay sald,

misheard him, subconsciously looking at him for confirmation.

looked at her, appearing nonchalant.

out to touch it.

and she could feel a gentle warmth beneath her

but Barclay suddenly grabbed her wrist. “Be

hand trembled, and upon hearing his words,

burned as if it were about to explode. “I

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