Drunk and Daring I Kissed a Tycoon

Drunk And Daring I Kissed A Tycoon! 48

"Malon, thank you for last night, Nancy said, her wice filledwith gratiate

"No need in thank me "Vesperamplied with a warm smile.

headout first See you at the office" Nancy said before she left the room

A1000 arm_Pominic led the way to the branch office, accompanied by Vespera, Gietand, and two senior executters fimm headquarters who had arrived a few days earlier. The atmosphere at the branch office was tense, with the team en edge eet since they heard abund Dominic's visit. No one dared to relax, each person wary of a surprise

Nancy had changed into acrisp, all while business, suit, koking sleek and professional. As Domine arrived at the company entrance, she stood by the door with the entire branch management team, awaiting his ariel

"Welcome, Mr. Beid We're honored to have won here," she greeted him wommly

(pominic shot her a quick glance. He then tried a tow polite words to the exreathes before heading straight into the meeting mom.

They spent the entire des at the branch office-attending meetings, reviewing performance reports, analyzing financial statements, and assessing the pengress of key projects. For lunch. Nameramanped for them to dine atawell known local restaurant. By evening, she had scheduled a formal dinner with important partners involved in their major

The branch's assistant general manager and finance manager also joined, filling the private dining room with a table full of executives and stakeholders

After a long day of work, Vespera and Gerend were completely drained. They sat in the lounge area outside the private dining room, finally able to catch the breath "Vespera, did you notice? Ms. Acosta seems like a completely different person today compared to last night," Gerard commented, indulging in some office gossip. After working together for the past two days, they had become familiar enough that he now called her by her firstname

Stål impressed in her tablet, Vespera didn't look up. "Last night was personal. Today is business. She knows how to keep the two separate."

"You've just never seen her when she doesn'1"

"Well, whatever's going on in her personal life is her problem. She and Mr. Reid can sort out their own drama," Vesperareplied

still a little shaken up from

it's pretty complicated

liking women, Vespera couldn't help but glance at Gerard. As she looked at his refined, scholarly features, her

you looking at me like that?" Gmaid

"It's nothing" She turned her focus back

about what had her so focused, Gerard leaned over for a closer look. He found her going through the factory's attendance records, payroll documents,

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the tablet from her and started redwing

didn't explicitly state the total headcount, finance wouldn't usually pay that much attention. Whether planned at quickly es

was even less likely be'deatch such

personnel mukaging recruitment and attendance. The clock-in records show 1,024, employers, but

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off glost salaries. But who's behind it and how they're pulling

"ghosts" have taken over

skimmed through the files apa. seems this has been going on for ten years. With the amount converted to dollas, these two

unnoticed for a decade, date must be somente inside the company involved. A scheme like this couldn't last long

tones and try to

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