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Chapter 17 Untitled
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Ethan walked into the office with his glasses on like a mundane worker.

But he noticed as he walked to his desk, the other workers were looking at him with pitiful peeks.

He looked at himself and although he has changed from his experience suit to an ordinary 2000 dollar suit he still did not look like a needy somebody.

He couldn’t apprehend why then were they conveying him such a looks.

He calmly strolled to his seat like he was apparent to how they were all glancing at him.

“Morning ,"he greeted with a smile as he sat down.

Nina also responded with a nod while smiling.

But he could see a bit of despair on her face.

Though she tried not to make it evident Ethan was able to detect it.

After that dream, he felt he could see a lot of people’s emotions and could tell hers .

“Are you okay?” he asked her.

Nina looked up from her work with an interested look and asked.

“What do you imply ?”

“Well, it’s apparent there is something wrong with you. Do you mind sharing ?” Ethan asked her.

“No,
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