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Chapter 353

Author: Little Sponge
Lucy looked at the gift in her hands. She was about to go to Ripley Group to take it to Tobias. To her surprise, he acted faster and contacted her first.

Lucy replied to his text, "What do you need me to do?"

Tobias responded almost immediately, "I have a meeting later. We're sticking to our plan, and you're going to raise hell at my office."

Lucy's lips curled into a smile. "Gotcha. I'll be there soon."

Tobias was in the conference room at Ripley Group. He took a seat at the head of the conference table with more than 20 shareholders around him. Joaquin and Cedric were there as well.

"We've stalled the second round of funding for the piece of land downtown, Mr. Ripley. Are you going to sign the contract with Mr. Garcia?"

Tobias responded, "Of course I am."

Joaquin heard what he said and responded delightfully, "It's a pleasure to work with you, Mr. Ripley."

Tobias chuckled. "Mr. Garcia, I made a decision after careful consideration. Out of the 3.3 billion dollars for the sec
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