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Chapter Nine

Author: Normani
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-04 00:13:18

Damian watched Willow, his secretary, tentatively as she flipped papers upon papers in search of a letter that he had ordered her to draft earlier. His irritation grew in leaps and bounds as she stared at the floor, wondering if it had dropped to the floor by chance. It was a letter addressed to Arthurs's group and she knew that she would be done for if she did not present it to him.

“I…I,” She stuttered and stared up at him through shifty eyes.

“You what?” Howled Damian. His pulse raced as he thought of satisfying punishments to mete out on his secretary for being so incompetent. He had told her to draft a business proposal to Arthur group earlier that morning, and after describing what he intended to establish between both firms in great detail, the dud had the nerve to ‘misplace’ the letter. He clenched his jaw and watched her through darkened eyes.

A shiver coursed through Willow as she watched her boss’s reaction. It was over for her. He either bites her wretched head off her bo
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