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    She gave Flora onest encouraging look before heading back to her office.


    Docie watched Ste walk away, her face burning with anger—like someone had smeared a painter’s palette across her cheeks.


    She had to admit—Ste definitely knew how to y her cards.


    Snatching the project lead role the moment she stepped in? Infuriating!


    Back in her office, Ste had barely sat down when her phone buzzed.


    It was William.


    She answered. “Hello?”


    “Are you at thepany?” he asked, voice clipped.


    “Yes,” she replied cautiously.


    William said, “Good. Come to the thirty-third floor.”


    The thirty-third floor?


    Ste worked on the twenty-seventh; she’d never had a reason to visit the thirty-third before.


    She had no idea what was located there, but after ending the call, she stepped into the elevator without hesitation.


    When the doors slid open, her heels met the soft texture of high-end carpet. She followed its plush trail down the corridor and immediately noticed a spacious office at the very end.


    And inside it… William sat. So, this was his office?


    Ste was momentarily taken aback.


    Of course, it was his. As the CEO of Briggs Group, it made perfect sense. Extravagant barely captured the scale of it—how many people had an entire floor to themselves?


    “I heard you’ve already secured a preliminary deal with Haywood.”


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    Ste lifted her chin slightly. “We’re nearly at the signing stage.”


    William let out a lowugh. “Not bad. You officially stepped into the role of CEO at Neb today. How do you feel about it?”


    “It’s fine,” she replied, then added with a dry smile, “Though I picked up some interesting chatter about you from the nning Department earlier.”


    Ste was in reasonably high spirits as she stood across from his massive desk, lips parted mid-thought while speaking.


    William remained impassive, his features calm and steady. “Oh? I’m curious. What did they say?”


    Ste lifted her brow in mock intrigue. “You sure you want the details?”


    He ced the folder he’d been reading onto the desk and met her eyes. “Do you n on telling me?”


    Hisck of awareness made her want to toy with him. Wasn’t he the one said to have no interest in women?


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