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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

for a long period, the broth had inevitably turned

the biting cold she had endured outside, yearning for nothing more than to go back to her room and

without saying anything. Indeed, the broth had turned

a trash can. She stood

moment before finally disposing of

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

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her sleepless night, she was still required to visit

lobby, only to find Alex and Nina already waiting for

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

pace slightly and apologized,

of Aether Corporation is indeed as

out more as ridicule than

she had done to anger Nina, she noticed her boss’s nonchalant demeanor and had no intention of speaking up. She was compelled to suck it up.

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

her non–stop on the way to the

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

” Oh, how could someone

yearned to probe further, but a cautionary glance from Alex in the rearview mirror stopped

dire, with

their branch. If Ava chose to sever ties, the branch would inevitably