SORRY EX HUSBAND, I AM NEVER COMING BACK

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s to cross and despite my hard w

" I sighed as I stared a

beneath me covered with printed reports, balance sheets, and HR audit trails. T

ound it too stiff, the chairs too cold. So I ended up

t for my father's voic

at," he said from behin

t mean safe. Especially not in this business

mond in the future doesnt require brainpowe

ur nose clean. No scandal. No distractions. Make sure your skeletons stay burie

sinking deep into my thoughts as my vis

t stay up too late." He placed a kiss on my

ere a direct hit to the secret I'd shoved in the b

rything I was trying hard t

child labor in the foreign mines. That she diverted funds

ep down, to keep her quiet. I had told her th

ever saw the light of day, I'd b

didn't ex

e- even if technically, it was all on Robert. I just ne

de me just as guilty as she was and

d, nothing seemed right

ended accounts. Cance

was bleedin

teal. She drove Diamonds str

the one tasked w

problem on my hands- the child labor issue- was to bui

t project that cou

r the mess and help real kids while we were at it.

d salvation. Not

ked to see that it was an automated reminder for me

om Green Energ

d on the message and d

ation of finding anything that could interest me. But the deepe

ened as I took

ones. A new public image built on

rked... if it got accepted, it could

eading every line. And then, I di

smi

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s I got to the office was extract Wesley's p

ng twice before hi

ng, Mr. Wesl

sley's voice cut th

ndering how he recogni

u ghosted me." He chuckler, cutt

of yourself," I said,

was

nterested with his offer. Yet I c

me out of my thoughts as he added; "I

dence in his voice but I fo

s Nat

ickly added, slipping into C

hough I must confess, I was hoping for- brilliant

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ps. And I have plenty

ng how his wods seemd to take a diff

tive. I'm calling to schedule a s

hen you could have assigned someone else to do it, I'll

t his comment as if this w

HQ. Bring your people if you

replied and I could feel t

nd. And just before the call ended, I quickl

say no either. That's a w