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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?”

screen remained on the contact list. Alex then casually asked,

referring to Hanley.

eyebrows and remained silent. She

listened. What she wanted to know now was what she should do to

help for her

Alex sneered quietly, then suddenly pushed a glass of wine

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

know what happens when you act foolishly

taken aback, and then realized that Alex was warning

situation.

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Alex had pushed forward, remained silent for a moment, and then picked up a bottle of wine nearby. She poured a glass

etiquette was essential in business settings. Candice remembered how she knew nothing about these rules when she followed Alex to socialize back then. He had taught her bit by bit.

carried the glass and placed it in front of Alex but accidentally brushed against the nearby

liquid in the glass to sway.

Alex and was about to speak

into the trash

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

brief silence

look, curious about the

fixed on Candice, making 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

at the glass but didn’t take it.

seems like you’re

pour drinks

at Candice, his tone more mocking, “Ms. Renault, since you’ve picked up the bottle, why not pour a drink for us? It’s a

asking for her opinion, but in

so inevitably, they joined in watching the scene as if waiting for a show. “Candice is the Chief Secretary of Aether Corporation. I’ve never had a drink poured by a Chief

she resign? Her own mother came to reprimand

She was the former Chief Secretary of Aether Corporation. This

whispers from the surrounding people fell into Candice’s ears, making her feel like a clown. Ridiculed and made

an eyebrow. “Alex, are you really this petty? You won’t even let your former secretary pour drinks for us?”

his voice cold, “She

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