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Lewis didn’t say anything more and turned to leave.

Frankie frowned and said, “Lewis, how could you be so ungrateful? You….”

Before he could finish his sentence, Lewis abruptly halted and whipped his head around.

His gaze revealed a glimmer of sullen anger. His expression was dark and terrifying, like a fiend

crawling out from hell, making Frankie choke on his

words.

Lewis stared at him, his voice low yet ominous in the evening air. “Mr. Allen, our relationship is purely business. You’ve crossed the line.”

Having left these words behind, he briskly walked

away.

Frankie stood rooted in shock, his face taut.

In this collaboration, Lewis was seen as cold but gentlemanly, and the latter quality made Frankie forget that once upon a time, Lewis had a reputation for being ruthlessly malevolent and aggressive.

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Frankie had thought it was all rumors, but Lewis’s

fierce countenance just now made Frankie realize he wasn’t one to be trifled with.

As Frankie kept his eyes on Lewis, he saw the aggression that threatened to overflow from Lewis fading away as he approached Keira.

By the time Lewis returned to her side, he was just that slightly cold-hearted normal man once more.

Draped in Lewis’s jacket, Keira was no longer feeling

the chill.

The well-tailored black suit was warm from his body heat. It enveloped her and subtly gave off a masculine

scent of vanilla.

Her heart became tender.

Seeing that Lewis was only wearing a black shirt, she picked up the little puppy. “Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

was the following morning.

to work. Keira

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sofa, finally wrapping up the research on Alzheimer’s disease. After sending the email to the overseas

only to find a WhatsApp message from Rebecca. “Miss Olsen, do you

celebration dinner of

from Samuel. “Boss, we’ve encountered a bit of trouble

calmly,

purchased our hydrogen energy materials from the Allen family. I intended to purchase more today, but they’re suddenly not selling it to us! With the burgeoning development of new energy, production can’t keep up with demand. Even if we want to buy from other suppliers, it’ll take time… The problem is, we’ve agreed on delivery dates with our customers, and

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breaching the contract!”

“The Allen

entrusted her company’s matters to Samuel to manage, whereas she was only responsible for technical issues, so she never expected her company to have dealings with the Allen family.

for information from their sales manager. They

to us!”

her gaze. “I understand. I’ll

up and headed toward the

her parents, so she decided to ask them directly, in

after reaching the hospital ward, she

and was about to go

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her pace and

hello.”

head. His gentle demeanor turned noticeably frosty upon

purchasing hydrogen energy materials from your company. However, your company suddenly announced this month that it would

“No misunderstanding.”

eyes filled with disdain. “It was my

was taken aback, “Why?”

Olsen, have you already

Keira was confused.

say something wrong

an

cheerful and

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she was messaging

Rebecca probably doesn’t hold a grudge. So,

A little favor…

Frankie mistakenly assumed she was referring to helping out with witness testimony at the police station, given that making

was worth merit.

Rebecca? You ought to help her with the testimony! That’s the duty

turned cold. “Mr. Alle nothing should be taken

family also doesn’t have

took a

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