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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.”

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

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

the celebration dinner of the Horton and Allen family

as she finished sending the message, a call came in from

asked calmly,

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

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breaching the contract!”

frowned. “The Allen family

was only responsible for technical issues, so she

their sales manager. They haven’t lined up another

to us!”

her gaze. “I understand. I’ll

hanging up, she got up and headed toward the

she decided

reaching the hospital ward, she ran

and was about to

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quickened her pace and called out, “Mr.

hello.”

and turned his head. His gentle demeanor turned

asked in confusion, “I’m Dr. South. My company has been continuously purchasing hydrogen energy materials from your company. However, your company suddenly announced this month that it would no

“No misunderstanding.”

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

was taken aback,

have you already forgotten what you casually said?”

Keira was confused.

something wrong when she was

of such an incident. Moreover, every time Rebecca ended

seemed quite cheerful and even

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was messaging

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. Allen?”

A little favor…

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

worth merit.

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

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

so the Allen family also doesn’t have to sell the

a deep

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