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

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

celebration dinner of

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

calmly, “What happened?”

production can’t keep up with demand. Even if we want to

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breaching the contract!”

“The Allen family

entrusted 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

prying for information from their sales manager. They haven’t lined up another buyer, but someone from the top apparently ordered not

to us!”

lowered her gaze. “I

got up and headed toward the

her parents, so she decided to ask them directly, in case someone was stirring

after reaching the hospital ward, she ran into Frankie by

and was about to go upstairs.

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and

hello.”

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

from your company. However, your company suddenly announced this month that it would

“No misunderstanding.”

disdain. “It was my

was taken

you already forgotten what you

Keira was confused.

accidentally say something wrong when she

had no recollection of such an incident. Moreover, every time Rebecca ended their

cheerful and even

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was messaging

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

A little favor…

helping out with witness testimony at the police station, given that

worth merit.

help her with the testimony! That’s

turned cold. “Mr. Alle nothing

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

a deep

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