My Mirror Image

Chapter 0019

Candice’s straightforwardness left Jackson speechless.

“It’s okay if you can’t.” Candice looked down. She realized she was out of line as well. “I’m just simply asking. Don’t take it seriously.”

Jackson stayed quiet for a moment and asked, “Candice, can I ask why?”

“Nothing. It’s just that I’ve been single for too long and I should try dating,” she

said.

She did not mention Alex at all, and Jackson did not ask.

After dinner, Jackson sent Candice home.

At the neighborhood’s entrance, they ran into Alex.

Alex’s black Bentley was parked next to Jackson’s car. He glanced at Candice, who had just come out of the car, before looking at Jackson.

Jackson nodded at him. “Good evening.”

Alex hummed and then with a meaningful look, he said, “Ms. Renault, it seems like you are not just good at being a secretary.”

Candice noticed his sneer in between the lines but she could not understand why.

He already had Sonia, and because of the girl’s insecurity, he hinted at her to find a boyfriend regardless of doing it openly and secretly.

Yet he sneered and teased her in front of Jackson.

parted ways with Jackson. “Thank you. I’ll return the jacket after I

his head with a smile. “It’s okay. It’s just one

was being courteous.

what she proposed to him earlier was considered offensive, then she would have

a gentleman since he was

about her menstrual cycle. It came

middle of the night, causing her to

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+15 BONOS

She got up to take some

while and when she opened her eyes, already the

it was

over, and her hands and

the table

had joined a random group chat with Alex’s friends

pondered for a moment. She texted the group, telling them she

could not show up.

put her phone down and went to the

soothing and it warmed her

through the soup, the doorbell rang.

the spoon down to answer

was standing at the door bearing his usual

at her and frowned. “You caught

just my period,”

time and Alex used to remember her cycle.