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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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to work. Keira was basking

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

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

replied. “I’ll be attending the celebration dinner of the Horton and

from Samuel. “Boss,

asked calmly, “What happened?”

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 if something stalls

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breaching the contract!”

frowned. “The Allen family

matters to Samuel to manage, whereas she was only responsible for technical issues, so she never expected her company to have dealings with the

from them. I tried prying for information from their sales manager. They haven’t

to us!”

gaze. “I understand. I’ll go

up and headed

terms wit her parents, so she decided to

the hospital ward, she

and

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quickened her pace and called

hello.”

His gentle demeanor

has been continuously purchasing hydrogen energy materials from your company. However, your

“No misunderstanding.”

with disdain. “It was my order. We won’t

taken

you already forgotten what you

Keira was confused.

she accidentally say something wrong when she

she had no recollection of such an incident. Moreover, every time

seemed quite cheerful and even

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was

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

A little favor…

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

was worth merit.

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

her voice turned cold. “Mr. Alle

angrier. “You’re right, so the Allen family also doesn’t have to sell

a deep breath.

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