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CHAPTER 40.

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Sylvester’s POV.

A knock came on my door and my secretary came in with some files, handing them over to me.

“These are the files you asked for Sir,” she said standing upright.

“How is the client outreach going?” I asked, going through the files.

“We are putting in our best. This is what the marketing team had come up with so far,” she said.

“No, this isn't impressive enough. Take the files back to them and tell them to work harder on it. If this is all they could come up with then this project won't even begin because none of the clients would be interested,” I said to her, giving her back the files.

She nodded. “Okay, sir.”

She turned around and left. I sighed, rubbing my hand over my eyes. Today's work was too much and I was more than exhausted.

It was almost nine when I looked at my phone and saw her text.

“I’m leaving soon.”

I had planned to work late, catch up on more paperwork, but the moment her message came through, I shut my laptop.

I told my assistant to cancel the rest of
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