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76: Shaky Secrets

Author: Marywan
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-09 20:42:59

E M O R Y

I parked my car in the factory's garage, and walked towards the building.

"Good morning, Mrs. Black," the security said, as he held the door open for me.

"Good morning," I said, before walking into the building.

We were making new products since the old ones were sold out, and I needed to make sure the manufacturers are following my rules.

I put on a pair of gloves and a mask before walking in, the smell of chemicals was strong.

"Hello, ladies and gentlemen," I said, and all the workers greeted me back.

"How's the work going?"

"Great," one of the workers said, "we've finished making 200 units of the cream. It'll be delivered by tomorrow, as per the order."

"And the special stuff? Did you add it to the 200?"

"Yes, madam. Just as you instructed. But, ma'am, I think it's high time we stopped applying them to the products as they could be quite harmful to the human skin. We can't just give people cancer and call it a day, that's not a good way to run a business. And the FDA woul
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Sade White
lol the reveil of this betrayal is going to be epic
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Marywan
Thank you for reading! Kindly leave a review if that isn’t much to ask for. ...
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RYANNE
Good! Emory accused Elle of everything that she is and it’s gonna be epic when Sebastian finds out. It’s his fault for being an idiot. Good luck to him recovering from that because he’s gonna be raising another man baby. I knew Emory hates the fact she’s having a girl
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