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Chapter 22. Fact

Author: Astraea
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-21 23:55:05
Taylor led Jenna into Sean's office. The assistant sat on the sofa and invited Jenna to sit down, "Let's sit down first, would you like some coffee?"

Jenna shook her head, too shocked by the suddenness of it all.

"Mr. Sean is in Italy on urgent business," Taylor shifted his position to make him seat more comfortable, "I should have told you earlier, but Mr. Sean stopped me."

"About what?" Jenna's heart skipped a beat.

"You need to know that Mr. Sean never actually destroyed your father's company, let alone bankrupted it." Taylor grew more serious than ever. "You may not believe me, but you can look up information anywhere. What Mr. Sean did was not bankrupt the company, but he helped companies that were on the verge of bankruptcy and brought them back to life. Many of the companies he took over became many times more advanced because of Mr. Sean's skills."

Jenna frowned, "But my father's company was fine before he made the deal with Sean, we didn't go bankrupt at all!" Jenna thoug
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