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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 morning.

had gone to work. Keira was basking

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of the sunlight from her spot on the sofa, finally wrapping up the research on Alzheimer’s disease. After sending the

up her phone, only to find a WhatsApp message from Rebecca. “Miss Olsen, do you have time tomorrow

the celebration dinner of

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

asked calmly, “What

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,

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breaching the contract!”

frowned. “The Allen

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

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 apparently ordered not to sell

to us!”

her gaze. “I understand. I’ll go ask.”

and headed toward

so she decided to ask them directly, in

reaching the hospital ward,

he had just returned and was about to go

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pace and called out, “Mr. Allen,

hello.”

and turned his head. His gentle demeanor turned noticeably frosty upon seeing

energy materials from your company. However, your company suddenly announced this month that it would no longer sell to us. Is there

“No misunderstanding.”

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

taken aback,

have you already forgotten what you casually said?”

Keira was confused.

accidentally say something wrong when she was

of such an incident. Moreover, every time Rebecca ended

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was messaging

grudge. So, in consideration of the little favor I did

A little favor…

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

was worth

to help her with the

voice turned cold. “Mr. Alle nothing

right, so the Allen family also doesn’t

took a deep

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