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.

where are you? Can you come to the hospital right now? My dad got into a car crash and he’s in the emergency room. I’m

looked

frowned and said heavily.

my way.”

he hung up the phone, he bolted up while pinching the

got changed, he said, “Book me a ticket back

a while. “We have

transfer some money to her first and go back tomorrow after we

his shirt. He looked at her with narrowed

obviously angry.

asked,

never seen Alex care so much about a person, not even toward herself. She

things would only get worse if he were to be woken suddenly.

“Since when did I say I was not serious about

right, it had been Candice’s assumption all along.

past flings, who he got bored of after a

stayed awake. She got herself a cup of warm milk and stood by the

head was replaying the words he said to

you really are a turn–off.

eighteen when she started being with Alex. Similar to Sonia, she used to be

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spoiled and spend time with Alex

really pampered her and would never help her with unfinished work, nor fire anyone

only tell her that he never kept useless people around

flashed across her eyes. She had no idea

day, the client was