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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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sunlight from her spot on the sofa, finally wrapping up the research on Alzheimer’s disease. After sending the email to the overseas biopharmaceutical research

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

celebration dinner of the

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

calmly,

angrily, “We’ve always 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

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breaching the contract!”

frowned. “The Allen family in

had always entrusted her company’s matters to Samuel to manage, whereas she was only responsible for technical issues, so she

sales manager. They haven’t lined

to us!”

her gaze. “I understand. I’ll

got up and headed toward the

so she decided to

the hospital ward, she ran into Frankie

and was about to go upstairs.

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pace and called out,

hello.”

head. His gentle demeanor turned noticeably frosty upon seeing

hydrogen energy materials from your company. However,

“No misunderstanding.”

cold, his eyes filled with disdain. “It was

was taken aback,

“Miss Olsen, have you already forgotten what you

Keira was confused.

say something wrong

recollection of such an incident. Moreover, every time Rebecca ended their

seemed quite cheerful and even

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was messaging

something wrong, Rebecca probably doesn’t hold a grudge.

A little favor…

out with witness testimony at the

worth

dare you mention Rebecca? You ought to help her with the

was displeased, her voice turned cold. “Mr. Alle nothing should be

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

a deep breath.

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