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Chapter 15
Three Weeks Later …
Florence looked up from the proposals she is studying when she heard SJ cursing under his breath and throwing the document he is holding back on the table. It was Friday morning and he and Florence are going through the proposal for the interior schemes of the hotel lobby and presidential suite as requested by the client.
“That won’t help,” she snapped with a frown. “We all know how difficult of a client Mr. Grande is but stop doing that.”
“How many schemes have been rejected already? Three? Four?” He questioned dryly. “And, he’s giving us a short notice every time!”
“He’s a mover, we all have seen that,” she explained as she reached for another scheme that her staff had submitted, in the hopes that it will be the one chosen by the client. “Why do you think he has hundreds of chains all over the world? That’s the way he works.&rdqu
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