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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

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sunlight from her spot on the sofa, finally wrapping up the research on Alzheimer’s

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?”

be attending the celebration dinner of the Horton and Allen family

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

calmly, “What happened?”

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

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breaching the contract!”

“The Allen

she was only responsible for technical issues, so

prying for information from their sales manager. They haven’t lined up

to us!”

her gaze. “I understand. I’ll go

got up and headed toward

she decided to ask them directly, in case

the hospital ward, she ran into

had just returned and was about to go upstairs.

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and called out, “Mr. Allen,

hello.”

His gentle demeanor turned noticeably frosty upon

your company. However, your company suddenly announced this month that it would no

“No misunderstanding.”

eyes filled with disdain. “It was my order. We

was taken aback,

“Miss Olsen, have you already

Keira was confused.

she accidentally say something wrong when she

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

she seemed quite cheerful and even inst

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she was

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

A little favor…

referring to helping out with witness testimony at the police station,

was worth

help her with the

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

Allen family also doesn’t have to sell the

a deep breath.

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