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Chapter 6

Author: Midnight Quitter
Only the two of us were left in the living room.

He turned toward me. His eyes were calm again, his voice carrying that familiar authority. "Are you deleting it yourself, or do I need to do it for you?"

I toyed with my phone and laughed. "You won't even listen to it before deleting it? Doesn't that seem like a waste?"

Matt said nothing.

I stared at him.

"Fine, let me dumb it down. Matt Martinez, almighty CEO of Martinez Corp... did you already know what Vanessa did?"

The living room went q
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