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Chapter 268

Author: Daisy Lady
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"No amount of money can buy my loyalty to my boss." Eric disdainfully said, sizing Mark up and down. He could not help but wonder why his boss would fall for a woman who had once fallen in love with this kind of man. What does it say about her taste? And his boss’s preference?!

Clara handed over Mark's checkbook and he wrote down a check for ten million. He waved it in front of Eric who seemed unfazed by the seven zeros.

"Ten million."

Eric turned on his heels and was about to open the door when Clara stepped in front of it, blocking the exit.

"Twenty million." Mark doubled the amount without hesitation. Ten million or twenty million meant nothing to him because if the proposal gets approved, Johnson Corporations would be raking in at least a few billion annually!

"Tell your secretary to step aside or else brute force would have to be used." Eric glanced down at the petite woman in front of him.

Clara felt her back stiffen and her body clenched in fear when she looked into her older
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