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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.

work; you’re

Don’t

waiting for us. Would you be

the hostility

going on, she took

didn’t need to argue

were eight elevators in total. It was just a matter of wasting a

someone in the group suddenly whispered.

we a bit too harsh just now?”

doesn’t do any work

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achieve results, she reaps the

too. That’s not fair!”

and hastily looked

she was sure she could solve old Mrs. Horton’s problem soon.

discovered her

Keira was dumbfounded.

how

to be

in the Horton

be taken out!

the book go?

she realized

person in the company who could get a book

top

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was engrossed with his

the thick volume

was

familiar with the subject due to

to understand. He was also curious to know why Keira was reading

detailed 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 to learn and

not really here

Tom was perplexed.

feel that the boss seemed to be speaking up for her.

must be

“This book doesn’t seem to have much

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we return

it today. He suddenly remembered the feeling of her in his arms

sudden, he felt dry-mouthed, “No need

now.”

the book from Lewis, but when

she strolled back to

elevator, she spotted Jalen and team members drinking coffee in the

expressions on

Keira’s laid-back demeanor, someone couldn help but speak up:

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