The Pact Bride: A CEO's Proposal

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ended him directly, "it is not coffee." It's mud. Blac

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dollar bill on the table. "You should find anoth

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ight require anything to postpone whatever Carl needed, but there was no esca

folded. "Look, Sharon. I hate to d

rl, I apologize for my occasional tardiness

ever, we're laying off employees since the com

ce that it was useless. As I left the office, picked up my suitc

ed my face. My fingers clenched around my

lled along the street. My thoughts were racing. How might I proc

ed a streetlight. The edges blowing

pen. No prior experience is necessary. Must be i

inesses in the city was that one. The statement that "no prior experience required" seemed to ha

a place? A female who had rec

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flier from the wall, and sh

d enormous glass windows of the tall Donald Enterprises building. Sharp-su

deep breath,"

and sparkling lights as I entered. I walked

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ionist gave me a clipboard with a form

king hands. Other applicants were chatting around me, and I felt

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with a clipboard. Her piercing e

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She showed me a modern office with a desk that was intimidat

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neatly groomed, and a younger age than I had anticipated-possibly in his mid-thirti

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quire a new beginning. An opport

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