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Chapter 54: The Countryside Bumpkin

Author: Luchee
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-12 02:56:33

Rissa shut the file with a thud immediately after she dropped the call.

“What the hell could have actually happened?” she thought, confused.

Caleb sure is an active boy but he was never the type to hurt anyone.

Rissa was still caught in between her steaming romance with her extremely attractive boss and getting a hang of her responsibilities at work.

Still, Stella wouldn't stop calling her in a few days' interval to seek pregnancy counsel, claiming she hadn't had any child in thirty years.

She picked up her bag and rushed out of the office sending Adrian a quick text on her whereabouts.

If Mr George wasn't fired she would have had to seek his permission.

Without any superior to report to, she had been saddled with the responsibility of dealing with the CEO directly by her colleagues.

When was Percy Peach going to get a replacement for Mr George?

She got into the cab hastily staring intently at her ringing phone.

Rissa contemplated picking it up and she eventually did.

“Is he okay?” Ad
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