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Crawling Back.

Author: TheScribe
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-31 01:08:41

Bruno knew his mother was upset, he had to do something to make her calm down.

As he went out of his office, he reached out to his mother's office. He pushed it open, and bowed, walking towards her.

"Mother, how about we go out and eat? Let's focus more on the success of the project, because once I am able to get them to pull this through, then we are guaranteed about the success of the project."

Margaret glanced at him, knowing fully when that he was only trying to calm her down.

"I'm busy, just get a drink from the wine cabinet," she said, waving her hand off.

He chuckled, and walked to the cabinet, picking up a wine with less alcoholic percentage.

He took the glasses and set them on the table, opening the lid of the bottle.

Carefully, he poured the wine into the two glasses and then set it down.

"Cheers to a successful project," he said, raising his glass for a toast.

His mother glanced at him for a couple of seconds, before raising her glass for a toast.

The two glasses clicked, m
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