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Chapter 23

Author: Rose blaze
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

After catching his breath, Asher got to his feet and adjusted his suit, his life has been filled with this kind of trauma, right from his childhood up until now, to everyone he was an outstanding billionaire, but he knew deep down he was still a scared child.

Drawing a sharp breath and picked up a glass of wine and walked close to the open window and glanced down at all the perfect people.

He never wanted to attend this banquet, but he was here to meet some business men, and possible investors on the new project he was working on, but seeing how everyone seems to be enjoying themselves, he felt like the odd one.

Crowd wasn’t his kind of thing, he knew there were rumors going around about him, rumors that he didn’t have a girlfriend, rumors that he is a gay, those rumors were so difficult to bear that he wish to show the world that he has finally fallen in love, but he was betrayed by the lady.

He shut his eyes and tried to shake that thought off his head, it was funny that he can have
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