The True Heiress Reborn And Slays (Alicia Delaney) novel Chapter 452

Chapter 452 Elsie Saw Riley

jazd had been poing nowhere with a mas he that in charge Stephan want

wisus Harper Group team’s probably got Tewalled and bar

ed by him every step of the way.

Bey wanted nothing to do with sorting through another person’s mess. She made up her mind right away and shot finrena a

Cart looking into other companies in Wharfbrook that have the capacity to take on this project. Put together a shortlet wit ackground files. I’m done wasting time on a firm rotten to the core”

an hour later, the office door opened.

tephen hadn’t just been on time. He’d put in effort. The rumpled shirt had been swapped for a fresh one, his hair was gelled into

one and the air around him practically reeked of cologne.

Harper, sorry to keep you waiting. Shall we?” he said.

lifted her eyes from her phone, swept a flat look across his face, and said nothing. She tucked her phone into her bag and

y walked out of the building one after the other.

ephen couldn’t keep still the whole way. He kept trying to chat her up, fishing for information, his body drifting closer to hers th every other step.

You move and talk like someone from a top-tier company. You clearly aren’t from around here. Just got back from overseas, on..

asked.

ry time he edged closer, she stepped half a pace further away without even seeming to notice.

he gave him nothing but a flat answer. “I was in Havenbrook before this.”

For answer was short and clean. It answered his question and shut down every follow-up. What had she done in Havenbrook? Who

id she know there? He had no way in.

ld hit a wall, but he told himself she was just playing hard to get. The prettier they were, the higher the barriers, the trickier the me. It only made things more exciting.

hey reached the gilded entrance of Seavoir Bistro within minutes. The massive revolving door swept slowly around.

Haley stopped and waited for the next empty slot to rotate toward her.

that brief pause, she felt movement beside her. Stephen’s hand was coming up toward her shoulder.

de almost laughed. She took two smooth steps sideways, and his hand grabbed nothing but air.

Stephen froze mid-reach, his arm hanging there like an idiot. He hadn’t expected her to move that fast, that cleanly.

The doorman seemed to catch the motion and shot a curious glance their

way.

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matched his hand hack and covered his embarrassment with a dry cough. “I just, uh-Ms. Harper, the door’s open. Wanted to let you know you can go through,” bastammared

Riley let out a noncommittal hum and stepped into the revolving door first, leaving him standing there looking like a fool.

Unbeknownst to both of them, someone sat at aq outdoor café across the street, watching everything play out with unmasker!

malice

Elsie was stirring her coffee with growing impatience, waiting for a friend who was running late. Her gaze drifted aimlessly across the street, and then it snagged on a familiar figure.

That’s Riley! What’s she doing here? And who’s that older guy with her?

Her interest spiked instantly. She pulled out her phone and aimed it at the restaurant entrance.

She caught the moment the man reached out, the moment Riley sidestepped. But from her angle, the two of them looked close. The man’s gesture could’ve been an intimate touch, and Riley’s dodge could’ve read as something coy. It even looked a little flirtatious.

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