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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.

don’t actually need to work; you’re just going to

up and go. Don’t

leader is still waiting for us. Would you be responsible if

detecting the hostility of the

understand what was going on, she took a deep breath and got off the elevator.

argue

were eight elevators in

elevator doors closed, someone in the group suddenly whispered.

we a bit too

tactless… She doesn’t do any work

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yet when we achieve results,

too. That’s not fair!”

entered the 60th floor through another elevator and hastily looked

as she studied hard, she was sure she could solve old Mrs. Horton’s problem soon.

then, she discovered her book was

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

nearby seemed to be

Horton Group’s library

be taken

did the

she realized something…

person in the company who could get a book out of

top floor.

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engrossed with his own eyebrows drawn

he flipped through the thick volume in his

was

familiar with the subject due to

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 her a chance

replied, “She’s not really here to

Tom was perplexed.

boss seemed to be speaking

be his

then asked, “This book doesn’t

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we return

when she saw it today. He

a sudden, he felt

now.”

book from Lewis, but when she remembered their hug earlier, she

strolled back to

members drinking coffee in the lounge, tr

had weary expressions on their

Keira’s laid-back demeanor, someone couldn

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