My Mirror Image

Chapter 0041

Although her voice was soft. Alex and Sonia overheard her words.

Alex stopped in his tracks.

Unaware of this, Candice entered the car with Jackson, still clutching the ceramic figure he had given her.

Jackson smiled and added, “I thought you wouldn’t be interested in these things since many people find them boring.”

His handsome and refined appearance, coupled with his gentle voice, quickly brought Candice back to the moment.

Gazing at the figurine, Candice replied, “I’m not familiar with this field, but it’s interesting.”

“I’d be happy to share what I know,” Jackson responded warmly.

They headed to the Expo Hall’s ceramic exhibition in the city’s north. By their arrival, it was nearly closing, with few visitors remaining.

Candice, new to ceramics, attentively followed Jackson, listening to his explanation about each piece.

They stopped before an elegant vase.

“This is one of my grandfather’s masterpieces,” Jackson said as he looked at the vase tenderly.

Candice, recalling his grandfather’s passing, did not know what to say. She simply shared his admiration for the vase and eventually nodded in agreement, “It’s truly stunning.”

He broke into a smile. Unlike his typical faint smile, this one was ge

genuine.

“If this interests you, we could explore more such pieces another time.”

Following their departure from the exhibition, it was time for dinner.

Just as Jackson was about to invite Candice to dine, he got a call from a friend.

His friend informed him of something, and he turned to Candice with an apologetic look, suggesting. “There’s a birthday party for a friend at a bar close by: would you like to come?”

Unfamiliar with Jackson’s acquaintances, Candice declined, “I’ll just grab a taxi home.”

“It won’t take long; we’ll leave soon after,” Jackson said with a helpless gesture, adding, “If I show up alone, they’ll insist I drink.”

Candice knew Jackson and Alex’s circles did not intersect much due to their differing personalities. So, she was taken aback to find Alex at the bar.

Upon arrival, she paused at the private room’s entrance, telling Jackson she had returned from the restroom shortly.

Coming out of the restroom, she unexpectedly bumped into Alex.

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how to greet him,

Jackson?”

birthday party.” Candice replied. She raised her eyes and asked rhetorically. “And you? Are you out here having

no sign of discomfort,

conversation with Alex.

looking away nonchalantly

Alex, and she was not surprised by

her eyes.

“If you

it hard to hear conversations.

she noticed someone from across the room staring

her intently.

recognized

holding a drink, his face set in a cold

if disinterested

met, Candice quickly averted her

dared to look again, Alex had shifted his attention away, making it seem like the

was just her imagination.

his refusals, he was persistently coaxed

declining.

said to the others, “I need to drive her home

room buzzed with more people urging

drink. I’ll just call a

his head, insisting, “I promised to

not

with the others, nobody seemed inclined to bother

was dull to just sit around and drink all night, so Sieg proposed they play

began to assemble

she noticed someone

saw Alex and Sonia had joined

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the table, spreading them out and

indeed

didn’t get the King of

card in

she silently picked up her cup and sipped her juice, thinking she’d merely

an observer, until…

give the order that

momentarily froze, cup in

was holding the King