Chapter 9
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Andrew didn't say a word, he was just watching him to see the drama he was going to perform.

Clarke immediately walked out of his office to meet with assistant presidents.

“Miss Clara, I honestly do not like this. Did you bring me here to mock me? The CEO is not in there,” he fired at her.

Clara was surprised. “That's impossible. The CEO is in his office. Did you meet anybody in there or is it just empty?” She asked him.

Clarke heaved in some air. “You are trying my patience! The person I met there is a mediocre! Andrew! Probably he had come there to clean and sweep the floor. What baffles me is what he was doing in the chair of the CEO,” he said to her.

Clara's face was met with shock. “You dare call the CEO a mediocre?” She roared at him.

Clarke scoffed. “Don't make me laugh, how can that fool be the CEO of this corporation. Tell me another joke, because this one is not funny,” he expressed with a lot of displeasure.

Clara looked at him in the face. “I am not joking here, Mr
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