2022-02-13 18:43:01Bernardo is outraged to see Vernon's brazenness in asking if the magazine sold well with Marcia Pinheiro's bizarre and ridiculous story.
"Vernon, get that clumsy writer over here and tell her directly that we are no longer publishing her story!" Bernardo yells with his hands shaking with anger, "Here are the sales reports!"
Bernardo takes the sheets and throws them at Vernon. Vernon crouches down and picks up the sheets from the floor.
Upon reading the result, Vernon's eyes widen: the sale of Maggiezine was two-thirds less than the sale of the edition with Isabel Freire's last chapter.
Bernardo smiles with pleasure as he sees Vernon contrite at the dashed expectation, "So what, convinced that your protected writer sucks as a novelist?"
Vernon faces his boss fearlessly, "I don't have the guts to ruin Miss Pinheiro's dreams."
"I will not risk the future of my wife's magazine!" Bernardo stands up, "It's already decided, and Caesar is aware of m
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