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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Uncle Pete?" Jared rushed to meet us before others could come to us.
After his speech and the commencement of the events of the evening, everyone wanted to talk to the CEO of Astra-Z.
"Hello, Jared. It's been a while." Uncle Pete greeted as casually and as warmly.
"You..." He began but caught himself, realizing there were eyes watching.
"You were saying?" Uncle Pete urged.
I stood beside uncle Pete, quietly watching the drama about to unfold.
"We'll talk later, uncle." He decided.
Uncle Pete nodded and went on to attend to other guests wanting his attention.
I sipped my champagne, ignoring the fact he was literally standing close with Mia who would not stop giving me the sneaky stink eye.
It didn't bother me, just amused me.
Then I remembered. "Oh yes, Jared. I believe you saw the note I dropped on your desk that day." I brought out my phone from my purse. "I'll need your account details so I ca
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