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Chapter Eight

Daykan closed his eyes, used his thumb and forefinger of his left hand to pinch the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath.

He wasn’t going to allow Naomi get on his nerves again. He was definitely not getting on this rollercoaster ride of emotions with this obstinate woman.

He was going to let this slide and just ignore her comments; which were obviously aimed at getting him all riled up.

Yes, yes; that was what he was going to do.

He turned around and continued walking to Susan’s office. He didn’t bother to check if Naomi was following him but he could hear her footsteps behind him.

This was the right thing to do. He wasn’t going to achieve anything if he let her push his buttons.

She was looking for a reaction and he was not going to give her that satisfaction.

Just count backwards from 10 to 0 and allow happy thoughts flow through his head.

10…

Naomi started whistling a jaunty tune but Daykan didn’t turn back at the sound.

9…

She was just a troublesome woman and w
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