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Arriving at the lawyer's office, He welcomed Jerome with a handshake before he offered him a seat and they both sat down.

"Sorry, I have been postponing our meetings." Jerome apologized.

"It's okay, I know how busy you can get." The lawyer replied, closing a file.

"We are always busy," Jerome said and the both of them chuckled.

"You know my wife Stacy is sick, so I have to be by her side, plus the new project I'm working on is also taking away all my time and strength," Jerome exclaimed.

"Oh, wow! The autonomous car you were talking about? Have you finally started working on it!" The lawyer said, stunned.

"Yeah, I realized it will bring us a lot of return on investment and profit so yeah, it's worth the stress," Jerome replied and massaged his brows.

"Congratulations, I'm sure everything Jerome makes, becomes a hit. You are so talented." The lawyer commended, with a wink.

He noticed Jerome looked down.

"Is there something that you are not telling me, Jerome?" He asked.

"Well, you kno
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