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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?”

now,” he said indifferently. “Just throw it away.”

period, the broth had inevitably turned cold.

and still shivering from the biting cold she had endured outside, yearning

and returned to her room without saying anything. Indeed, the broth had turned cold.

the elevator was a trash can. She stood with the broth in hand,

disposing of

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

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night, she was still required to visit the branch office

to the lobby, only to

Nina greeted her with a fake smile, “Good morning,

her pace slightly and apologized, “Sorry, I’m late.”

commented, “The secretary of Aether Corporation is indeed as capable as

as ridicule than as

she noticed her boss’s nonchalant demeanor and had no intention of

hand, was plainly determined to make things

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

eventually asked, “Ms. Burgess, may I ask how I have

the window, her response lighthearted yet dismissive. ”

a cautionary glance from Alex in the rearview mirror stopped her.

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

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