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CXXXI. Into The Grand Barn
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2022-03-23 23:26:04Oneil’s flight was supposed to be a well-kept secret until the right disclosure. But Oneil is stunned to find out that Gwyneth knew where he is heading for his work in the Oda Infrastructures.
“How did you know about this? Did Essi tell you?” Oneil was supposed to surprise Essi. In his rush to find out, he immediately called her while he is heading out of the building. His work is done and could have allot this vacant time to talk right away with Gwyneth in a better place. But he needs to resort to phone call to save himself from making embarrassment in front of Essi.
“My friend told me since her father also wants to entrust a project to your company. Her dad specifically wanted to work with your team but Mr. Oda clarified that you have to make a site visit and inspection in the Philippines for twenty days.”
“The question is why you can always get this kind of information?” Or maybe Gwyneth is this smart to extract pieces of it?
“Well, it is because h
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