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Genevieve mulled it over for a second. Johnson knew how to drive a hard bargain.
Chances were his second condition was his real aim all along.
He asked for a lot of money, but TuringTech Innovations wasn’t worth that kind of money right
ΠΟΥ.
But if Genevieve could keep all the patents and tech, it would save her a heck of a headache down the road. So, maybe there was room to negotiate after all.
Genevieve smiled and said, “We’ll need to hash out the specifics.”
That was her way of tentatively agreeing to his terms, with a clear message: she had conditions of her own that needed to be met.
Johnson smiled and raised his eyebrows, raising the glass in his hand. “Here’s to a fruitful partnership!”
They were surrounded by swarms of people. Genevieve didn’t overthink it and took a polite sip from her glass. The fruit wine packed more of a punch than she expected, but she swallowed it down anyway.
Johnson was beaming as he stood up, “Ms. Lawrence, my secretary is also here. Why don’t we take this to her room to go over the finer points?”
He seemed pleased to reach an agreement. Whipping out his phone right in front of her, he dialed up his secretary to get her room number, eager to get going.
Genevieve was stunned for a few seconds. She knew Johnson was gay, so she hadn’t really been on guard around him. She figured she might as well strike while the iron’s hot and hammer out the contract details, so she didn’t decline the offer.
She sent a quick text to Louis to keep him in the loop and followed Johnson upstairs, remembering that the secretary’s room was 602. What she didn’t realize was that her message was never sent,
Riding the elevator up, Genevieve exited onto a floor that was all rest and relaxation, the plush carpet making it a quiet zone.
she stepped off, a heavy fog seemed to weigh down
Leaning on the railing, she let the ocean breeze hit
blaring inside her head. She fumbled for her phone only to
crept up from the depths of her thoughts. ‘Could
fist tightly, and was just about to turn and
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when the door opposite
grabbed Genevieve’s arm and pulled hard into the
Her whole body felt weak and her mind was groggy; she had no strength to fight
did nothing as Johnson dragged her inside, threw her to the floor, and locked the door
pale face, she tried to get up. looking at him. “Johnson, have you lost your mind?“
a trap set by
off his watch with a smirk that was far from friendly,
item from
go missing, people
Then he turned to Genevieve, “Ms. Lawrence, just bad luck on your part. Someone offered a pretty penny for
eyeing his chips, looking as though he wanted. to devour her and claim the rest
throughout her body, her eyes misting over. She dug her nails into her palm to stay alert. “I can give you any
because you bear the Lawrence name? If you were the Lawrence heiress, would the Hoffman family have turned their backs on you? Ston struggling, no one here can save you.
next second, he raised the whip, lashing it viciously
in the night
patterns slowly transformed into an extravaganza of multicolored lilies,
fade away, they suddenly burst again to reveal a message: “Genevieve, I love
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