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im, his face was composed, his posture was relaxed, but his eyes were not. Every time Mr. Armstrong directed his atte

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to redesign the direction of the col

with the identity of the collection, before deciding what to produce,

strong

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ssed her directly and especially the way Mr. Armstrong seemed to find reasons to keep the conversation going with her but

nternational markets were mentioned, and the team debated different approaches to the collection. Anne participated confidently, she defende

d, closing his notebook. "I think

in front of her and began arranging them into neat piles, she reached for one of the docu

ganized way of doin

a polite smi

trong reached

d, the calmness disappeared from his eyes, his jaw tightened. For a moment, he si

Armst

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lost his temper, especially over something so small. A

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fused. She had barely been at the company for a day, and somehow she had

t glance before walking away but Anne didn't return it

m and stood there for several seconds. He was still angry, but as the silence

ed like that?" He

fessional boundary, that was all

ong interact with employees countless times. Mr. Armstrong was naturally friendly, he joked with people, spoke c

reached for the

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hen she received the message, she look

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Lucas's office. After knockin

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of his desk, waiting. Lucas stared

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said quickly. "I honestly didn't eve

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exactly are yo

continued. "Are you trying to say that

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who came at me when I was arranging

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iness Partner and I respect that.

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to respond, when h

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ly said, "Y

nod

ned the door a

his chair. He rubbed his forehead, with anger but this time,

any harm, it was Lucas who

with silence because he didn't have an answer to the question he

er chair, she stared at her computer

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pen and started tapping it

rst day at wor

y's relationship drama" She looked aroun

teve

ll sitting alone in his office. The Billionaire who always believed he could control everything was beginning to realize that there was on