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Chapter 30 "Siding the Wrong Person"
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John worked so much today that he did not notice how much time passed by. Only when he looked at the clock did he remembered that he skipped his lunch.

‘I need to eat.’

“Secretary David,” John called.

David came inside when he heard his boss called him. “Yes, Sir?”

“Bring me lunch.”

“Alright, Sir.”

“Wait a minute.”

David looked back at John who called him and pointed the envelope in his hands.

“What’s that?” John asked.

“Ahh, this? It is an invitation for you, Sir. You were so busy last week so you haven’t checked this. I was thinking of giving it again to you.”

“Really? How lazy of me.”

“N-No, Sir! Everyone knows that you worked so hard.”

And the reason why John was working so hard was known to many too. It was because he wanted to find his missing son.

John smiled faintly as he glanced at the picture on the table, with its new frame.

“What’s the invitation for?” John asked.

David walked closer and gave him the envelope.

“The Hamington Chairman’s grandson returned fro
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