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“Bring me a chair. I’ll tell them all about the things I did so they can connect the dots. It’s going to be a long story.”
One of his men brought him a chair, and he sat down, heaving a breath as he reclines on his seat. I glowered at his direction, stopping my attempt of escaping as curiosity and my instincts got the best of me. I lowered an eye on my blouse top, glancing down in one of my buttons.
“Why don’t we start in the research Clorence, Yerica, and I conducted. I’m certain you’ve learned of that today,” he stated.
“The one Duke Highmore funded,” I muttered.
“Exactly, and would you believe me that I convinced Duke Highmore to fund the research and to end up taking the land as our territory?” Chairman Zerondale explained, glancing at me. “By the look in your eyes, you did.”
Manipulation, acting, and gaslighting ar
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