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22. Caught on the act
Max tried to pursue Asher not to file a case for her because her daughter will get mad. She begs on her knees to him but he was stone-hearted and didn't listen to her.
His sharp gaze went through her soul like he wanted to kill her right away.
" Now that you're caught, you are begging for forgiveness? How dare you lie and mock me in my face?", he told Max while staring at her with his fiery eyes.
She doesn't know what to do. She has nothing to be proud of for her daughter if she will find out that she made a fake identity to get hired for a job.
Now that her boss caught her, her daughter's future will be at stake. Everything she sacrificed turned to nothing. Tonight Asher Aragon became a lion and she was his prey.
"Before anyone could find about you, I want you to file a resignation tomorrow and don't ever come back to my company again." He warned
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