My Mirror Image

Chapter 0026

However, at the next second, Alex pulled his hand back and the shadows before Candice’s eyes disappeared.

She subtly frowned.

Alex sneered. “You really think I want to sleep with you?”

Candice’s eyelids froze for a moment. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes.

“Then what do you want to do?” she asked.

There was only a night lamp in the room, creating a dim environment that veiled Alex’s expression.

All she could hear him saying was, “Sleep.”

“This is my room,” she said calmly. “You can book a room yourself.”

“It’s troublesome.”

Candice turned away from him and closed her eyes.

She was a light sleeper. The softest noise could wake her up.

At midnight, Alex’s phone suddenly rang. The electronic melody sounded irritatingly sharp.

Candice woke up with furrowed brows. She saw Alex talking on the phone, and since they were on the same bed, she could also hear

Sonia’s cry.

Can you come to the hospital right now? My dad got

instinctively looked at Alex.

said heavily. “I’m on

my way.”

the phone, he bolted up while pinching the center of his brows.

changed, he said, “Book me a ticket back

and only spoke after a while. “We

was important to Aether. She opened her eyes and said. “You can transfer some money to her first and go

put on his shirt. He looked at her with narrowed eyes and said, “I don’t want

was obviously angry.

blanket tightly and asked, “So you’re

care so much about a person, not even toward herself. She did not even dare to wake him up in the middle

had a quick temper, and things would only get worse

with a deep gaze and said sterly, “Since

right, it had been Candice’s assumption all

Alex’s past flings, who he

a cup

the words he said to her just

you really are a turn–off. Stop assuming things

she used to be a cheerful and happy

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and spend time

would never help her with unfinished work, nor fire anyone

that he

flashed across her eyes. She had no

client was furious because of Alex’s