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As soon as the banquet was over, Candice Renault left to pick up Alex Elysian.

When she opened the door to a room, she bumped into a young girl.

The girl looked clean and smart like an elf who could easily charm people.

Candice had seen the girl before. She was the new intern at the Secretary’s Office, Sonia Summers.

Sonia looked up and met Candice’s gaze. A hint of nervousness flashed across her face and she greeted timidly, “Candice.”

Candice was travel-weary, with frost still on her shoulders. She looked outstanding but she was not a fan of smiling, which exuded aloofness.

Candice hummed in acknowledgment and glanced inside the room before she returned her attention to Sonia. She asked coldly, “Where’s Alex?”

The name Alex made Sonia nervous.

“Mr. Elysian went out to buy a drink for me,” answered Sonia with a voice so hushed that it was drowned out by the room’s music as she glanced nervously at Candice.

Candice raised her brows and sized up Sonia carefully.

Having been with Alex for many years and yet she had never asked him for a favor.

Last month, Candice got into a car accident and hurt her left wrist. It was inconvenient for her to carry out her everyday tasks yet Alex did not even pour her a glass of water.

Sonia grew nervous under Candice’s scrutinizing gaze. She anxiously clutched the hem of her dress and spoke hesitantly, “Mr. Elysian should be back soon.”

Candice remained silent. She had been away in Noxville since last week, attending a series of meetings, and had only returned today to go to the Elysian family’s banquet.

close to his family, so Candice had always acted as

the room but

for a while and you’re already waiting for him at the door? How about the people here waiting

loud and

the first time Mr. Elysian brought

wondered if Sonia

who could be in the same room with Alex privately

He might be joking but she could tell

meet his friends, she was never treated with such hospitality. She was simply left in

to look down on people. If not for Alex, they would never have accepted

not offered the same level of protection by him as the

gaze back and decided to

she saw Alex approaching from the other

two buttons of his black shirt were undone, and

in a club filled with deadly temptations and loud music, the man exuded a holy and elegant

box of milk in his hand. It felt wrong.

Sonia while he said, “What are you doing

ears turned red as she muttered, “I wanted to go to

He gave Sonia another milk candy and said, “I got this together with the

was flattered as she accepted the candy.

Candice and

asked her to pick him up, the words got

home

…

apartment on the northern side of the city, which was the direct opposite of the expensive residential area Candice and Alex

had to cross half of the

when Alex followed her into her home, she knew what was going on in the