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[Mod]C34 Boss To Be

Author: Nyx Rai
last update Last Updated: 2024-08-10 14:42:01
Scarlett's POV

When I finished my pitch, I felt embarrassed and shocked -- I talked for 2 hours straight?!

Standing in the elevator, I can’t help but to cover my face thinking about what just happened.

He smiled at me with an encouraging look, nodded along, and even asked some simple questions, so I totally lost track of time.

To think that I just took up the whole morning of a billionaire whose business was far more important than my movie...

I didn’t know how to face Adrian Dunn at that moment, and when I looked up, he was smirking like a mischievous fox, seeing through my thoughts again.

“Ughhh, I should probably...” I put away my iPad, pointing at the door, “Thank you very much for hearing me out!”

The fox let out a laugh.

“You don’t even have time for my decision?” Adrian Dunn curved his lips, his deep, shimmering eyes taunting behind his thin rimless glasses, “Not that I’d hate it if you just came here for a passionate chat...”

“...” I totally forgot. Wasn’t my pitch the whole po
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