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lost touch with Dwaine. And th

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, snapping Selena from the present.

ine and let him know that I already thought o

office. There, she saw him standing near the transp

led for

s Moore," his voice was

staring back at her with a gentle smile. A kind

t, not

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ou, Miss Moore," he said, slig

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uckled. "I heard from my son that you made a big achi

I can't catch up, Sir. May I ask w

nfused. "You and my son have a close relationship

lena's silence, Pierso

d," he whispered

at it is, Pierson has already

waits for her. That's my first impression. And you didn't fail to reach my expec

give you the company's sponsor and scholarship that supported your studies and your loans

ly veiled warning. A way to remind me of my low standing in this company. And his wa

very good thing in this world has a price. To p

hem, Selena spoke, "I understand. Don't worry, I'l

of when he decided to sell you to Maxwe

.

from speaking, those senten

t. 'I must've heard it wrong.

a smile. "I...I think I'm a little bit t

ut his words stopped

eady grasp what I mean by my words. It's been a day since my son

ou. But thanks to it, Dwaine secured a contract today with Maxwel

s clutched the h

he said, "That's absurd. There's

slightly raised

ke me stay away from your son, sorry, I won't. But don't worry, I won't have any

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len

s his

u trus

eavy tone keeps

ecided to

need to tell such a lie. If Dwaine

. "If you don't want to beli

r was tossed

n how my son decid

ered herself not to open it, her

boration contract bet

hands trembled as she whispered to herself, "In exchange for a collabo

, making breathing hard, she gazed

the company,

an signed it witho

ld me out to M

l, and the chaos had left h

d, shaking her head slowly. Grabbing the folder, she ma

ushing her throat, Selena summoned the cour

ust a pran

xpression made it clear

ena's eyes, he lowered his gaz

enching his hands. "Jus

lence hangs

aking a step bac

g me if I trust you, and the reason why you ignored me, It was because you're guilt

rds struck

r and held her shoulder. Hi

ontract, including you. So, I

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ly made Sele

of the company

o save the company. I mustn't blame you, Dwaine. I-I forgot my place, I'm sorry. I'm just a lowly

e shook his head. "I don't know why Maxwell wants you. But I'm sure for one thing," He s

ng her shoulder away from him.

move away from him. Slowly, he looked into her eye

you say?" he

back. Because the moment I leave

frown creased on him. Soon, a

with who?" his co

d took out a pen from

t him a

d to sign t

len

ena opened the folder a

and sarcastically exclaimed, "Congratulations, Sir Dwaine

for the

thing to say, I

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u going? Sele

go of

her arm aw

whispered, "Don't worry, I'll do my best to keep my

wly ch

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im an ounce of gl

...

ucked themselves with blankets of clouds, street

the people. But as her vision started to blur her su

rward. But no matter how much she wanted to gat

ould vanish once she woke up. However, the pain she

sake of Mercian and our future. That's why I didn't

ountlessly hit her, slowly shreddi

f paper-her friend she trusted the most and the

people

sob esca

you sell me out

h her shaking, cold hands as she let

..

na found herself in a daze while s

cold air settled on her skin, a grumbling sound from her stomach was heard next. Perhaps it was because she burned a lot of calories due to cr

tent. The muffled voices from the customers could be heard from the outsi

ked by the stall owner the m

ontinued with her hoarse voice, "Give me two bo

.

d his boss's presence, quickly had his posture straightened. Tugging his glass up to his nose, he glanced at Maxwell. On hi

usly greeted him and immediately

ctor Yoo?" Maxwell asked

ough the car's mirror a

, director Yoo gave this as e

car met with silence except for the faint soun

n with her?" Maxwell aske

after Dwaine signed the contract, he went straight to Mercian. Miss Moore is also still

xwell uttered those words, a f

light. Not even a half minute had passed; Trey

Miss Moore, i

pointed, Maxwell looked at the

Selen

he just bo