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Chapter 11: Boardroom Showdown

作者: Nyla vex
last update 公開日: 2025-08-30 04:15:03

Celeste pov

Today was one of those mornings where I woke up with that jittery mix of anxiety and determination. My alarm went off at six-thirty, and I instantly regretted not going to bed earlier. But there was no time for that I had a boardroom presentation to prep for, and it wasn’t just any presentation. This one would decide if my event proposal got approved by the big players at Sterling Enterprise. And by big players, I mean people with enough money to buy a private island and still compl
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