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38. Avoiding her CEO
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2021-11-13 23:19:19Max tried her best not to confess and she succeeded.
"Russ, please keep it a secret to everyone, please. I need this job for my daughter's future. I hope you will understand me." She begs for him once again.
Russ took a deep sigh. He can't just stand here and just wait to see Max getting hurt.
He decided to tell her about Maggie.
"Max, don't worry about me. What I am worried about is your feelings. You don't know anything about Asher. He's just playing your heart." He told her with his sincere face.
He's not even blinking so he's not joking here at all.
Max was disturbed by what he told to her. She's curious about what he was about to say." Listen to me carefully. Asher's heart belongs to Maggie only. She's her ex-fiance and she just get back from New York." He told her and Max didn't know about it.
She doesn't know much about their boss. All she knows was he's cold, arrogant,
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