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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

gone to work. Keira was basking in

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finally wrapping up the research on Alzheimer’s disease. After sending the email to the overseas biopharmaceutical research base, she stood

her phone, only to find a WhatsApp message from Rebecca. “Miss Olsen, do you have time tomorrow night? Can you come to see me?”

be attending the celebration dinner of

the message, a call came in from Samuel. “Boss, we’ve encountered a bit of trouble with

asked calmly, “What

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

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breaching the contract!”

Allen

Samuel to manage, whereas she was only responsible for technical issues, so she never

sales manager. They haven’t lined up another buyer, but

to us!”

“I understand. I’ll go

up, she got up and headed toward the rehabilitation

good terms wit her parents, so she decided

long after reaching the hospital ward, she ran into Frankie by chance.

just returned and

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her pace and called out, “Mr. Allen,

hello.”

turned his head. His gentle demeanor turned noticeably frosty

in confusion, “I’m Dr. South. My company has been continuously purchasing hydrogen energy materials from your company. However,

“No misunderstanding.”

was cold, his eyes filled with disdain. “It was my order. We won’t sell anything

taken aback,

Olsen, have you already forgotten

Keira was confused.

she accidentally say something wrong when

of such an incident. Moreover, every time Rebecca

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was

“Even if I did say something wrong, Rebecca probably doesn’t hold a grudge. So, in consideration of the little favor I did for Rebecca, can you not be petty, Mr.

A little favor…

those words, Frankie mistakenly assumed she was referring to helping out with witness

worth

to help her with the testimony! That’s the duty of every

voice turned cold. “Mr. Alle nothing should be

Allen family also doesn’t have to sell the hydrogen energy materials to you.”

took a

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