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Luca was in a stun and stared at her in disbelief.

Keira casually said, “I said, it was sent to your inbox last Friday.”

Luca swallowed. “Wasn’t that an empty email?”

Keira was bewildered.

Luca realized something and ran to his workstation. Looking at his email on the computer, he indeed saw the attachment!

But he still couldn’t believe it. He opened the attachment nervously!

The development of new energy is different from software coding.

Not only did they use computer simulators, but they also had to go into the lab for real experiments.

Keira had finished the task assigned to her last Friday, so Luca spent all morning in the lab assisting Jalen, and that’s why he didn’t notice.

Once the attachment was downloaded, Luca couldn’t

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wait to look at it.

As he read through it, he immersed himself in the

report.

The application of core technology was a bit complex. Some of it took him quite a while to understand.

Seeing his silence, Keira prepared to take the elevator to the 60th floor where the archives were located.

The elevator arrived, and she entered it just as a group

of members did.

The R&D Department and the laboratory were located on different floors of the tower, and they each had

their own tasks to do.

“Beep!”

The elevator alarm beeped, indicating that it was

overloaded.

Someone said, “Keira, you better get off.”

Their tone was tinged with displeasure.

Keira was taken aback and raised her head, “I wasn’t the last one to get on.”

The person scoffed. “Even though that’s the case, work

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is first come first served. We’re in a hurry, and you’re so idle. If you’re not busy, why don’t you get off first?”

The others immediately echoed.

actually need to work; you’re just

up and go. Don’t

is still waiting for us. Would you

the hostility of

she didn’t quite understand what was going on, she took a deep breath

to argue

a researcher, she understood the exasperation when a problem couldn’t be resolved promptly. Besides, there were eight elevators in total. It was just a matter of wasting a

elevator doors closed, someone in the group

we a bit too

so tactless… She doesn’t do any work at all,

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yet when we achieve results, she reaps the

That’s not

another elevator and hastily looked for a book she

hard, she was sure

she discovered her

Keira was dumbfounded.

bookshelf, but no matter how much she tried, she couldn’t find

nearby seemed to

books in the Horton Group’s library clearly

taken

the book

she realized

who could get a

the top

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with his own eyebrows drawn

through the thick

was about neuroscience.

subject due

found the book complex and difficult to understand. He was

report of Keira’s actions downstairs. He then added, “Boss, Keira is simply taking advantage of Mrs. Horton’s fondness for her and acting as she pleases! You even arranged for her to be in a department that matched her major, to give

coldly replied, “She’s not really here to

Tom was perplexed.

couldn’t help but feel that the boss seemed to be

be his

asked, “This book doesn’t

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we return it?”

book, thinking about the girl’s anticipation when she saw it today. He suddenly remembered the

felt dry-mouthed, “No

now.”

book from Lewis, but when she remembered their

the end, she strolled back to the R&D department.

spotted Jalen and team members drinking coffee in

had weary expressions on their

demeanor, someone couldn help but speak up:

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