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105 ~ Zane

Auteur: Ese Gwede
last update Date de publication: 2026-08-23 16:56:24

I arrived at Della-Ross Holdings a few minutes before ten the next morning.

It wasn't my first time back since I resigned.

I had been here once before, when I came to investigate the blackmailer. But that visit had been different. I hadn't come as the former CEO. I had come as a man trying to uncover whoever was threatening my marriage.

This time, I was walking back into the building knowing exactly why I had been summoned.

The board wanted me back.

I wasn't sure how I felt about that.

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