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26: Miss you the most
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”
~Ernest HemingwayWe just recorded the biggest sale we've had since the month started and it is a thirty per cent rise against the previous month and how Oluchi and Francis did it, I would never know. This is part of my obligations and though it wasn't the most important, it was nice to be around my two PAs because they were two of the few people who didn't loathe Anna. They saw a side in her that they could work with and that is a good thing.
"It's all you, Ms Wilson," Francis praises while he claps his hands.
I roll my eyes, "I did nothing." I state which in my defence is true. "I only had a thirty seconds talk with Mrs Cecil the rest was all, you guys."
"Well, she said you were the most welcoming designers she ever met and
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