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Chapter Seventy: Off The Cliff
Author: EL-ROI-U
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“Miss Reed, is there anything you want to say about the CCTV footage we just watched?”

Vince’s voice was low but firm. He was hellbent on enjoying every moment he had to spend handling Amber’s disciplinary case, so he didn’t want to trigger her anxiety disorder at all.

Amber reluctantly got up on her feet. She looked over at the numerous faces that had their attention glued on her.

“Apologies for my unruly behavior in that. I had a short-term mental meltdown, and it affected my reasoning, so I acted impulsively.”

She looked expectantly at Vince, who maintained his posture. The rest of the committee started throwing sensitive questions at her, including questions about her past misconduct, but Amber kept wriggling her way out of each of them.

Vince knew at that rate she was going to get out unscathed using the defeat-admittance technique he had taught her in the past.

“Miss Reed,” Vince cut in suddenly, “here.”

He held out a document, and Amber came forward to collect it. When she op
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