After almost an hour, he opened his eyes and stood up and poured a cup of hot tea from the teapot beside the desk. He sipped his tea slowly, feeling cold and tired, as if he were swimming in the sea. It was not easy for him to recover from this cold.
Half an hour later, however, he rang the bell. His secretary came in and he began to read the morning letters, and thought that as soon as he got home this afternoon he would tell his father about it. The wedding organizer must immediately suspend the invitation card must be notified of withdrawal. It was too late to return to the jewelry store the wedding gifts he had bought for Duc Thuy, a pair of rubies, authentic pearls found in the waters outside India.
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Duc Thuy said, "I told Hoa Lang already."
Doctor Son Dien did not return unt
