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Chapter 691

Author: Hauling Treasures
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Irene panicked, sensing that Harvey was different now.

Softening her tone, she said, "It's ungentlemanly of you to take out your grievances on a woman, Harvey. Your quarrel is with Isaac, so take it up with him—"

"Oh, but I am. He's destroying my company, so I'm destroying his woman. Isn't that fair?" Harvey licked his lips. "You'll both suffer!"

Irene looked around the room then and saw a closed window to the right.

She judged that her body could squeeze through it and it was her only chance to escape.

Keeping her distance from Harvey, she started to move slowly toward it. "Calm down, Harvey. We can talk about this."

"Talk? Do you think I'm an idiot? There's no going back now!"

Harvey saw through her intentions right then. He snapped smugly, "Trying to run again?!'

Realizing that he had caught on, Irene dashed to the window at top speed—it was the only way and there was no time to think!

However, when she tried to open it, she found that it was stuck in place, refusing to
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