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CHAPTER FORTY ONE

Author: Grace Chioma
last update Last Updated: 2023-11-19 00:35:56

SCARLETT'S POV.

When we were all settled in the hall and Luca and I had found a booth at the centre of the room to sit, the chatter in the room died down slowly and the stage in front of us came to life.

The words, "welcome to the first edition of the couples tech conference 2023," lighted up the screen and applause and excitement erupted from behind us, making me to go along with them.

"You can stop clapping now," Luca leaned down and whispered into my ear when it turned out that I was the only one left in the room who was still clapping.

Shit, I hated when that happened. I shot him a sheepish smile before bowing my head in embarassment as a man dressed in a smart coffee brown suit mounted the stage.

The man shot everyone a bright tooth grin before he typed on a tablet in his hands which projected a bright image of a collage of couples smiling in a photo.

"Welcome everyone to the first edition of this beautiful programme," he said into the microphone. "We're so excited to finally
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