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Chapter 189

Chapter 0189

A myriad of thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of her phone. Candice checked and saw it

was Yana calling.

She wanted to step outside to answer, but the lights in the room went off. Her poor eyesight made

her hesitant to move, so she had to answer Yana’s call right there.

“Come clean! Where are you now?” Yana’s spirited voice suddenly came through.

Candice hesitated, “I’m outside.”

“Oh,” Yana replied then continued asking. “Are you with Hanley? We’ve been calling him nonstop,

both me and Ryan, but he hasn’t picked up any of our calls! We need to talk to him urgently.”

“I’m not with him,” Candice replied.

“That’s odd,” Yana said, “Then why isn’t he answering? We’ve called him several times. Hey, do

you know where he went?”

Candice furrowed her brows; Hanley wasn’t the type to intentionally ignore calls. “Maybe he’s

busy now.”

Although she said so, she couldn’t help but recall Hanley’s solemn tone when he mentioned that

Chad wouldn’t help earlier that morning. She rarely heard him speak in such a manner. However,

absorbed in her own emotions at that moment, she hadn’t paid much attention to him.

After ending the call with Yana, as Candice was about to call Hanley, she heard Alex’s dispassionate voice, “You care a lot about him?”

list. Alex then

was referring to Hanley.

lowered her eyebrows and remained silent. She had explained many

What she wanted to know now was what she should

get his help for her grandfather.

silence, Alex sneered quietly, then suddenly pushed a glass of wine

chin, looking proud, “Do I need to teach you what to do?”

was cold as he said, “Do you know what happens when you act foolishly in the end?”

aback, and then realized that Alex was warning her

situation.

+15 BONOS

and then picked up a bottle

essential in business settings. Candice remembered how she knew nothing about these rules when she followed

it in front of

in the

to Alex and was about to speak when she saw him, expressionless, pour

into the trash bin.

casual tone with a touch of mockery, he said. “You can’t even pour a glass of

to the brief silence in the room, others

to look, curious about

her face pale despite her resilience. But thinking of her grandfather, she lowered her eyelashes, masking her emotions, and picked up the wine bottle again. Then, putting in her effort, she poured another glass

the glass but didn’t take

playful voice echoed, teasing Alex. “Alex, seems like you’re here to flaunt to

someone to pour drinks especially for you?”

tone more mocking, “Ms. Renault, since you’ve picked up

seemed to be asking for her opinion, but in reality, he was just informing Candice.

the scene as if waiting for a show.

Her own mother came to

what? She was the former Chief Secretary of Aether

Candice’s ears, making her feel like a clown. Ridiculed and made fun of by everyone.

eyebrow. “Alex, are you really this petty? You won’t even let

remained expressionless, his voice cold,

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