Chapter 116
Author: fizzy
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"Anna! I need a favour from you, please!" James said over the phone as soon as the soldiers had disbanded.

"Okay, just relax. I... Need to talk to you as well. So, why don't we meet at the Coffee shop on Central Park?" Anna suggested.

"Alright." James agreed.

The coffee shop was a wide, yellow building with a white sheet roof. Anna sat at one of the tables outside which were shaded by rainbow coloured umbrellas.

She wore a brown shirt and black pants, along with a brown Christian Dior shade.

James got out of his car and walked towards the umbrella under which Anna sat.

"Thanks for showing up on such short notice, Anna." James said to her.

"It is a beneficial meeting and I missed break fast this morning. Tell me, what is the problem?" Anna asked him.

"You first. What is the problem? What did you want to speak to me about?" He asked her

"Okay. So, there is this new investor who spoke to me over the phone the other day I was handling your schedule at the Company. I picked out his proposa
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