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9. Birthing New Paths.
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“Sebastian!”
Sitting at his desk, lost in thought, the shout pulls Sebastian from his reverie. “Here we go.” He grimaces, waiting for the door that bursts open with a fuming Grace standing behind it. “I take it you aren’t pleased, Grace.” Sebastian speaks after watching her saunter into his office with a displeased look plastered on her face.
“You turned down an orphanage, Sebastian. You can’t even leave this building without being hounded by the media.” She taps the top of his desk, disturbing the clean, polished glass with fingerprint smudges.
“Screw the backlash. The company is growing into something bigger. Just give it some time to get back to charities. We already fund twenty-two of them statewide, and twenty-nine worldwide.” Sebastian throws up his hands, befuddled by the media’s spin on him turning down a charity for children.
Sebastian was always good at ignoring hi
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