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Chapter 9 – I WANT YOU CLOSE

Autor: Melanin Borders
last update Data de publicação: 2026-02-26 21:34:06
In the afternoon, Henry had back-to-back meetings. The last one was a department presentation on Q4 projections, normally something he'd send Marcus to handle. But when he saw Andrea's name on the attendee list, he cleared his schedule.

He told himself it was because he wanted to see how she handled herself in a corporate setting but that was a lie.

The conference room was packed when Henry walked in at 2:48 PM. Conversations died instantly and people straightened in their seats quickly.

Henr
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