My Mirror Image

Chapter 0015

Alex then looked at Candice.

“What he said–my car broke down,” she said as she picked up the glass of wine that Alex poured. She simply added, “If you want a drinking buddy, I’ll take his place.”

“You take his place?” Alex emphasized. He looked at Candice and Jackson meaningfully and asked frivolously, “Who are you to him? You taking his place?”

Candice frowned. Alex was obviously displeased judging from his tone.

Right then, Sonia, who had been quiet, suddenly exclaimed, “Mr. Shyan, are you Candice’s boyfriend?”

Candice was surprised. She stared at Sonia coldly but before she could say a word, Alex added, “Is it so?”

His deep eyes were fixated on Candice, waiting for her answer.

“Don’t give her a hard time,” Jackson said gently. His smile was as soothing as the spring breeze. He easily got Candice out of the tricky situation.

“We are just friends.”

Since the man had made it clear, the others dropped the subject.

Candice then excused herself to the restroom.

that she

returned from an overseas trip. He mentioned he was going to a party and kindly extended the invitation to

the other hand, did not want to mess up his plan, so she tagged along. To her surprise,

of the restroom after washing her hands. She was planning to wait outside and text Jackson that she was leaving,

came out. He then looked

knew

person she could talk

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to explain herself but she found herself uttering something

scoffed. “What does that have to

if I have

kind of answer

them.

curled her hands and said, “I tried calling you earlier, but I couldn’t get through. It’s not in service.”

looked at her with his deep eyes.

they were the only way to see

that no

when she looked at the same eyes again, she suddenly realized there was nothing but the cold