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CHAPTER 9

Author: Smile Rexxie
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CHAPTER 7

(ALINA POV)

My fingers brushed the phone just as the screen began to glow again.

But this time, it wasn’t the caller ID that made my stomach drop it was the message that flashed message before the ringtone cut it off:

“Georgina Base’s name is spelled wrong on the 5-foot banner. It’s already been delivered. We need to talk. Boss.”

Oh God.

My eyes widened.

I had rushed that order yesterday.

Tried to stay focused, but my brain had been so scrambled.

Now it had caught up with me.

My father was still waiting for me to answer.

His eyes had not moved a bit

Clara bent her head ever so slightly, as if smelling fear.

The ringtone rang out again louder, sharper, like it was mocking me now.

How the hell did I mess up that name?

I could still picture the sheet I had glanced over, that moment when I second-guessed the spelling… and shrugged it off.

Mistake.

And now my boss had found it. The client had seen it.

And she was calling me.

My thumb hovered over the screen.

Maybe I shoul
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