Chapter 54: Hopeless words
Author: Son of Tarnaq
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“Please Michael, I plead with you not to do anything drastic” begged Andrew, dropping his confident attitude and switching to a pleading one.

But Michael was completely unfazed by their words, and simply filled up his glass with champagne once again.

“That's your third glass of champagne so far, Michael, are you sure you should be drinking so much?” asked Louis.

“So you care about my well-being now, eh, Louis?” asked Michael in a sarcastic tone, as he took another sip of his champagne.

“Relax, it'll take more than three glasses of champagne to intoxicate me” assured Michael.

“By the way, what the hell are you people even still doing here?, didn't I just tell you that these negotiations are over?” asked Michael, now annoyed.

“We can't stop these negotiations just like that Michael, we need to get this armour back at all costs” pleaded Richard.

“Well that's too bad man… now get out, or I'll call security to throw you out” said Michael, his voice threatening.

“There has to be something we
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