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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?”

he said indifferently. “Just throw it away.”

out for a long period, the broth had inevitably turned

from the biting cold she had endured outside, yearning for nothing

picked it up and returned to her room without saying anything. Indeed, the

can. She stood with the

moment before finally disposing of it in a trash can.

in her room, Candice lay in bed, restless and unable to sleep. She ended up staying awake

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was still required to visit

to the lobby, only to

a fake smile, “Good morning, Ms. Renault.”

slightly and apologized, “Sorry, I’m

arms folded, eyed Candice unabashedly. She commented, “The secretary of Aether Corporation is indeed as capable

out more as ridicule than as

of what she had done to anger Nina, she noticed her boss’s nonchalant demeanor and

on the other hand, was plainly determined to make things tough

began mocking her non–stop on the way to the branch office.

Candice eventually asked, “Ms. Burgess, may I ask

to the window, her response lighthearted yet dismissive. ” Oh, how could someone as capable as Ms. Renault

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

Stugan’s branch office was dire, with internal

sever ties, the branch would inevitably need to close down, and because of this, they