My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Luca was in a stun and stared at her in disbelief.

Keira casually said, “I said, it was sent to your inbox last Friday.”

Luca swallowed. “Wasn’t that an empty email?”

Keira was bewildered.

Luca realized something and ran to his workstation. Looking at his email on the computer, he indeed saw the attachment!

But he still couldn’t believe it. He opened the attachment nervously!

The development of new energy is different from software coding.

Not only did they use computer simulators, but they also had to go into the lab for real experiments.

Keira had finished the task assigned to her last Friday, so Luca spent all morning in the lab assisting Jalen, and that’s why he didn’t notice.

Once the attachment was downloaded, Luca couldn’t

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wait to look at it.

As he read through it, he immersed himself in the

report.

The application of core technology was a bit complex. Some of it took him quite a while to understand.

Seeing his silence, Keira prepared to take the elevator to the 60th floor where the archives were located.

The elevator arrived, and she entered it just as a group

of members did.

The R&D Department and the laboratory were located on different floors of the tower, and they each had

their own tasks to do.

“Beep!”

The elevator alarm beeped, indicating that it was

overloaded.

Someone said, “Keira, you better get off.”

Their tone was tinged with displeasure.

Keira was taken aback and raised her head, “I wasn’t the last one to get on.”

The person scoffed. “Even though that’s the case, work

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is first come first served. We’re in a hurry, and you’re so idle. If you’re not busy, why don’t you get off first?”

The others immediately echoed.

“Exactly. You don’t actually need to work; you’re just going to read books!”

“Hurry up and go. Don’t waste our time!”

“Our team leader is still waiting for us. Would you be responsible if we were late?”

Keira frowned, detecting the hostility of the group.

she took a deep breath and got off the

to argue about something like

researcher, she understood the exasperation when a problem couldn’t be resolved promptly. Besides, there were eight elevators in total. It was just a matter of wasting

doors closed, someone in the group

a bit too

She doesn’t do any work

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achieve results, she reaps

too. That’s

the 60th floor through another elevator and hastily looked for a book she put

as she studied hard, she was sure she could solve old

then, she discovered her

Keira was dumbfounded.

no matter how much she tried,

seemed to

Horton

taken out!

the book

she realized something…

who could get a book out

top

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was engrossed with his own eyebrows drawn

as he flipped through the thick volume

book was about neuroscience.

familiar with the subject

he still found the book complex and difficult to understand. He was also curious to know why Keira

report of Keira’s actions downstairs. He then added, “Boss, Keira is simply taking advantage of Mrs. Horton’s fondness for her and acting as she pleases! You even arranged for her to be in a department that matched her major, to give her a

not really here to work.”

Tom was perplexed.

the boss seemed to be speaking

be his

book doesn’t seem to have much

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we return it?”

on the book, thinking about the girl’s anticipation when she saw it today. He suddenly remembered the feeling of

a sudden, he felt dry-mouthed, “No

now.”

upstairs to get the book from Lewis, but

back to

team members drinking coffee in the

weary expressions on their faces.

couldn help

e

this is a company, not a shopping

right now. Don’t you feel

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offering to help?”

involved in our projects can

never looked down on you for being an intern,

have never minded your lack of ability. We thought we could guide you,

paused, asking seriously, “So, what

with?”

technical stuff, so you at least help us with odd jobs. Print

hearing this, Keira frowned. “I’m sorry, that’s n part of my job.”