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Chapter 48, Did I Just Save Your Life?
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Chapter Forty Eight; Did I Just Save You?

Definitely not. He was not over thinking things, the look in her eyes clearly says so.

Lucas suddenly felt like the place was getting too hot and intense, it was getting out of hand and he probably shouldn’t be there when his Boss talks about such things with his clients.

He wasn’t very surprised that such a scenario happened, but he was really bumped that it happened right in front of him.

Mr. Galileo? And Miss. Brooks? Is that how those two were?

It was there something originally going on among those two before now?

Is that the convincing Mr. Galileo needed to do in order to get his clients?

Wow. Lucas was thinking about so many things and haven’t still gotten a hang of it, the two g kept talking but he felt like he should just leave the place and excuse himself so that they won’t have to bother about him.

“Erm sir, I would like to use the restroom” he suddenly raised his head and said.

Then he stood up and went to find where the restroo
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