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"Let me know when you arrive at your destination," said Bryan, who had a hobby of smoothing Celine's hair that fell on her cheeks. "You look so beautiful today."
Celine rolled her eyes in annoyance. "So I wasn't beautiful all this time?"
"Always beautiful actually but unreachable by me. You can only see it in the media."
Celine gently brushed away Bryan's hand that was still playing with the ends of her hair. "I'll get scolded by Karen if I talk to you here for too long. You still have other things to do, don't you?"
Bryan nodded languidly. "Cristine requested an impromptu meeting this afternoon. Even the commissioners were invited to come and discuss. I don't know what they want. But I think I know what the discussion will be about."
"Is it related to the transfer of power from you to Jacob?"
The man smiled slightly. "I think so. There are some projects that do require concentration. And it also seems that the Hongdu project will be the las
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