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Chapter 51. What is the Bad Man Doing?
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2025-08-21 20:05:36Pepper POV
I looked up from my desk. The one I gained possession of after constant haggling with Victor.
It was past lunchtime. We already finished discussing the proposal. The fundraiser will start with a dinner that costs five hundred dollars per plate.
“We can do it in one of the cruise ships of Gunner Holdings, Inc. instead of some hotel. This way, we hit two birds with one stone. You earn. We earn. Fair deal?” He asked.
I shook my head. Not because I did not agree with him. It was more because I could see how the wheels in his head worked in full gear.
Victor’s a brilliant businessman. No doubt about it.
He had been touted as the next game changer six years
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