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Today's work was hard, after the call with his mother, Adler's office was soon then invaded by his secretary carrying a stack of paperwork, and he had no other choice but to spend the rest of the entire day finishing them, not to mention he had to attend his pending meetings, make and receive urgent phone calls as well inspect every department in the building himself. He also needed to directly monitor the company's preparation for its anniversary that was coming near, especially that they were going to do a surprise product launch for the consumers. He was going hard on himself to make ends meet. He didn't want to disappoint his grandfather's hard work. Not to mention that he lost his energy and vigor earlier because of the phone call, making things worse.
Pressing on the gas pedal hard and his eyes focusing on the familiarly boring road that leads to his house, and the mirrors to check for the v
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