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Chapter 44: Retreading The Fine Print
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The empty boardroom had turned quiet, leaving Haven all alone with the hum of the fluorescent ceiling lights.

Director Evans and the rest of the board had already packed their leather folders and walked out without saying another word to him.

Haven Tyler stood by the long glass table for a few long seconds, his fingers still twitching around his silent mobile phone.

He dragged his feet back down the carpeted hallway toward his private office, feeling a heavy weight in his chest that made every
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