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CHAPTER NINETEEN
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2024-12-11 23:00:28Jonathan had nothing he wanted to say to Adam Rashidi at that moment, so he swiped to reject the call, then placed his phone on airplane mode.
After that, Jonathan entered the department store to purchase a new shower unit, before went over to his parents and personally fixing it himself, under his mother’s scrutinizing gaze, of course. He didn’t stay for dinner like his mother hoped to, but returned to the office, where he ran into Thomas Wright.
“Mr. Taley, I was told you’d left for the day.”
As Jonathan didn’t stop walking, Thomas fell into step beside him. It wasn’t until Thomas was still with him when he got out of the elevator that Jonathan figured the other man wanted something from him. They hadn’t talked si
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