Chapter 379

Thus, while it appeared that Minnie was being well taken care of, the real goal was to keep her away from Walter.

Aria's trick was pretty slick, especially since Minnie had never set foot in the Gordon family's old house.

Too bad for Aria, Minnie was not just any girl. She was Julia, Evangeline's half-sister, and she knew the old Gordon place like the back of her hand.

Walter had just been roughed up by Trey and had a blowout with Aria. He was in a foul mood, the kind where he just needed someone to tell him it was going to be okay.

Minnie was not officially Walter's woman yet, and that left her feeling all kinds of nervous.

With that, she was pulling out all the stops to win Walter over, to up her odds in that high-stakes game of the heart.

Dressed in fresh clothes, thanks to Aria's meddling, Minnie asked a couple of servants where Walter hung his hat politely, and then made a beeline for his room.

Standing outside Walter's door, Minnie waited, peering through the crack that Ar