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ibrated. I had only received a few calls from my pe

w him personally. It was because of the generous donations he gave to the charity or

rew up with a backbone and eventually became callous. I b

. I answered it quickly. "Dad, what

It's been five months since I gave you the off

ht, and I worked hard to forge a new path and be better than him

fit for the position. Don't you think yo

can marry you as Lake without the Braddson and Winston atta

ked me to find a bride so he could turn over the seat

is ego, and a little appreciation coming from him wouldn't hurt, but

received any compliments. He even treated his employees better than h

ne far better than your gold digger girlfriend. Do you thi

ing in his voice. He just called me son, and he never

hard as an intern. I climbed to the top without your influence, and now you want me to

nth to show me the marriage certifi

in

oo

ight went suddenly cold, fog flooding the cities, maskin

rthright whether he liked it or not, or he could change his will before

never went to bed with an empty stomach. Braddsons and Winstons were prominent pu

se, honestly, I was. I still had to start up somewhere to build my name

r Solutions was making a huge gross profit annually, and I was proud to say that I now had hundreds of employees. I

th a single folder in his hand. "This is the last candida

e point of show

rest you." He dropped it

what he did. He was the head of my security, though I didn't get threats often. My safety

I snorted as I shut the file and looked at Owen. "OB, are you shitting me right now? Because I'm not

d. It's complete, and I say she's the best candid

de you s

lege with a student loan. She's curr

to hear that kind of shit. All I n

partment she had shared for six months. By the way, he came to

lorful background.

ge her." He came and sat on

ile, but his job qualifications include being

s in Chicago. She's been raised b

e has a colorf

of her grandmother and helps pay

oesn't liv

op

about

d her out, and tonight, he threatened to throw her things out. She's still looking

ege student who works at the bar, takes care of her grandmother,

see what I

." I folded my ar

could have swallowed her pride and accepted five hundred grand after the contract ended

nd increase

e more

ha

he's marrying

t, laughing. "What

er, but she cut me off

. I wanna get married next week. And OB, incre