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“Great. That’s great,” said Leah
I’d wait for her retum to settle today’s score, one by one.
Leah repeated her words three times, suppressing her anger as she boarded the flight,
I knew that our battle was far from over. But honestly, this wasn’t a big deal.
“Leah is so lucky,” Lyla remarked, looking unimpressed by the outcome.
“Yeah.” I thought sarcastically while keeping a neutral expression.
Leah had committed murder yet faced no consequences, all thanks to Jan’s help in getting her out of the country to evade her troubles. Meanwhile, a regular person in her situation would serve ten to 20 years in prison, even if there were mitigating circumstances. Icouldn’t deny that Lyla was night, Leah was indeed fortunate.
A cold glint flickered through my mind, and 1 said to Lyla, “Let’s head back”
The show was over, and it was time to focus on other matters
Lyla paused, momentarily confused. When she noticed me walking away, she hurried to catch up. After leaving the airport, I instructed someone to investigate the Wiley family.
Suddenly, my phone rang. It was a call from Eren, likely to discuss some design-related matters. I pressed the answer button, and Eren’s voice came through.” Evelyn, congratulations! Your design has won an award,”
Eren didn’t beat around the bush or tease; he got straight to the point. My design winning was definitely something to celebrate.
“So it was my design that won, no wonder he’s so happy,” I thought. My success meant protic and recognition for him, so his excitement was expected. However.. a moment of consideration, I decided to bring that matter up now. “Evelyn, the rewards for your achievement are all prepared. You just need to come by the office tomorrow to collect them,” Eren informed me, Thanks for the reward, but I’d like to resign,” said
As soon as those words left my mouth, I could sense Eren’s surprise on the other end.
“Why?” he finally asked after a long pause.
I pressed in lips together, Eripping my phone tightly “Eren, have some important matters to attend to. I can’t manage both, so I need to resign.” “Can you share what those matter air Even sermed intent on keeping me, but I genuinely had urgent issues to handle. My resignation was simply a means to facilitate that.
He served my resolve and understood my situation as long as I came by tomorrow to collect my reward, I could also complete the resignation process. Lagteed to pick up ward and handle the paperwork the next day.
Once I returned home. I didn’t feel tired, after I had other matters to attend to, and I wouldn’t let my body fail me.
e and will help promote the
In the studio, Liam quickly appnated me and placed a document in front of fur. “This new design proposal builds on the previous one and development of South lift shure “Are you confident about Blus? Lasked tum
Lium smiled slightly, folind assuranor
I signaled for him to pass the proposal over. After reviewing it, I felt a surge of excitement.
Just as he said, this plan actively promoted the prosperity of Southcliff Shire’s development, saying it would bring in substantial profits wouldn’t be an Faggeration