The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1142

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just happened to overhear them."

Claire made a mental note to verify that with Julia later.

"Fine. Find me another time. I really need to head home tonight."

Seeing her agree, Meiko finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great! Thank you so much, Claire. Sloane told me you were hard to approach, so I was worried you'd turn me down."

Claire gave her a long, hard look. "Sloane wasn't wrong."

"I'm not just hard to approach. I can be incredibly cold."

The smile on Meiko's face froze.

Seriously, why was Claire so impossible to talk to?

Claire offered a faint smile. "Well then, I'll be going now."

Meiko quickly nodded, adding that she was heading out of the campus gates too and offered to walk with her.

Claire didn't refuse, nor could she.

After all, the James family didn't own the campus sidewalks.

Reaching the gates, Claire was about to cross the street to the parking garage when she spotted a familiar Porsche.

She walked straight up to the car and, sure enough, found Dane sitting inside.

"What are you doing here?"

Dane hadn't expected her to come out just then.

"I'm picking up a professor from the architecture department."

That killed Claire's curiosity; he was obviously hiring them for a design project.

The food district back in Apex was finished, but the commercial blueprint was massive, and several buildings still needed meticulous architectural planning.

Reaching out to an expert from The Cabinda University made perfect sense.

"Then I won't bother you. I'm heading home for dinner."

Dinners back at the Churchill estate were always a grand affair. They never failed to prepare a lavish feast just for her.

Padgett constantly worried that his granddaughter was working too hard at school.

Dane stopped her before she could turn away. "Don't go. Come eat with me."

"I booked a great place."

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