“Seph, I’m not fighting against your desire to give her a partner. I’m just telling you that no matter what, you’re going to be pointed out for favoritism. So, you might as well do it to the 9th degree, hm,” Jenna repeated. “Why pick a sub-par partner if the rumors will be the same no matter what?”

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“I shall blame you when it all blows up, Kalysto,” Deisree scolded with a frown toward her husband. “You have done a good job of not blowing it up so far. So, I would dare say that you know what ou’re doing.”

With that, she looked over the paperwork again before she reached for the phone. “You might as well start packing…”