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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.”

the following

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

a WhatsApp message from Rebecca. “Miss Olsen, do you have time tomorrow night? Can you come to

replied. “I’ll be attending the celebration dinner of the Horton and Allen family tomorrow evening.”

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

calmly, “What happened?”

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 if something

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breaching the contract!”

Allen family

company’s matters to Samuel to manage, whereas she was only responsible for technical

I’ve always bought from them. I tried prying for information from their sales manager. They haven’t lined up another buyer, but someone from the top

to us!”

lowered her gaze. “I understand. I’ll

hanging up, she got up and headed

Rebecca and on good terms wit her parents, so she decided to ask

hospital ward, she

he had just returned and was about to go

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her pace and called out,

hello.”

His gentle demeanor turned noticeably

However, your company suddenly announced this month that it would no longer sell to us.

“No misunderstanding.”

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

was taken aback, “Why?”

you already forgotten what

Keira was confused.

say something wrong when

an incident. Moreover, every time Rebecca

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was messaging her…

probably doesn’t hold a grudge. So, in consideration of the little favor I did for Rebecca, can you not be petty, Mr. Allen?”

A little favor…

mistakenly assumed she was referring to helping out with witness testimony at

was worth merit.

help her with the testimony! That’s the

displeased, her voice turned cold. “Mr. Alle nothing should be taken for granted.”

also

took a

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