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CHAPTER 018: A DAMN SHOW

Penulis: DobberGirl
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-07-25 02:36:18

ANTHONY’S POV

Jacob Chen from the marketing team looks at me expectantly after pitching his idea to the entire board of twelve members seated here for our meeting today. The young man, probably in his mid-twenties, is all sweaty despite the room being fully air-conditioned.

“Is that it?”

“Oh shit.” I hear him mumble under his breath as he nods.

The other members are no longer nodding in agreement to his ideas. They seemed to like it just moments ago, but to me, it’s a bit too plain for my
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