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Partnership Canceled

Author: Black Knight
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-04 07:51:47

Hazel’s parents were no longer around, and the person closest to her now was himself, but if he kept being so unreasonable, it would truly break her heart.

“So, should I be thanking you instead?”

Hazel laughed outright, finding Jonah’s pathetic acting utterly ridiculous.

“We’re all family—why talk about gratitude? I just didn’t expect that your actions would bring such a big problem to the company,” he said, feigning regret.

Sully sneered coldly and slammed a stack of A4 papers onto the conference table.

“Vice President Queen, are you pretending not to know, or do you genuinely not know? I’ve traced everything. These so-called marketing accounts have all claimed they were paid by you to stir things up. Care to explain?”

Over the years, Jonah had built a bit of a reputation outside the company. Using that clout to pull stunts like this wasn’t entirely unexpected.

But he had underestimated Hazel’s abilities. He assumed she wouldn’t be able to trace t
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