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Chapter 22

Author: Emily Cohen
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-08 01:21:32

Freddy's Pov

The late afternoon sun cast rays into my office at the Montgomery Grand, but the air was not light.

I stood behind my desk, fist clenched, towering over my operations manager, Elisha Gunau, who looked like he would rather be anywhere else.

“You forgot to double-check the financials for the European merger pitch?” I said in a low, dangerous voice.

One thing I took seriously was excellence, and he had just disappointed me in that aspect.

Elisha looked down, red-faced, a vein bulging in his neck.

“Elisha,” I continued, “Do you have even the slightest idea what that cost us? The investors were breathing down my neck because your numbers were off by two percent! Two percent, Elisha! That’s enough to tank a deal this size!”

I was fuming. On a very good day, I would have let this go with a strict warning and probably no salary for the month, but I was not in the mood to be merciful.

Elisha stammered, twisting his hands together, “I'm so sorry, sir. It was an oversight. I…”

“I
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