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Chapter 0060

She placed the broth beside him, announcing, “Your broth is here.”

He said nothing, his gaze fixed on the computer screen, clearly preoccupied with his task.

Candice remained seated on a sofa nearby, unsure if he would need her for anything else, not daring to leave.

She waited on the couch for approximately forty minutes for him to finish his task.

He glanced at her, his brow furrowed in confusion, “Why are you still here?”

“I thought you might need something else,” she replied.

“What else could there be?”

Alex closed his laptop with a blank expression, yet signs of exhaustion were visible on his face.

His gaze was drawn to the broth she had purchased.

As Candice rose to leave, he called out to her, his tone as cold as before, “Take the broth with you.”

Momentarily surprised, it took her a while before finally regaining her voice.” Wasn’t it for

you?”

indifferently. “Just throw

long period, the broth had inevitably turned

outside, yearning for nothing more than to go back to her

it up and returned to her room without saying

was a trash can. She stood

finally disposing of it in a trash

Candice lay in bed, restless and unable to sleep. She ended

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still required to visit the branch office today.

she descended to the lobby, only to find Alex and Nina already waiting for her.

her arrival, Nina greeted her with a

her pace slightly and apologized, “Sorry, I’m

arms folded, eyed Candice unabashedly. She commented, “The secretary of Aether

remark came out more as ridicule than as

boss’s nonchalant

hand, was plainly determined to make things tough

began mocking her non–stop on the way to

may I

lighthearted yet dismissive. ”

in the rearview mirror stopped her. She pursed her lips and

at Stugan’s branch office was dire, with internal problems and vicious competition from

for their branch. If Ava chose to sever ties, the branch would inevitably need to close down, and because of this, they could not