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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.

need to work; you’re just going to

and go. Don’t waste our

waiting for us. Would you be responsible if we were late?”

the hostility of the

she took a deep breath and got off the elevator.

to argue about something like

a problem couldn’t be resolved promptly. Besides, there were eight elevators in total. It was just a matter of wasting a

the elevator doors closed, someone in the group suddenly whispered.

a bit too

just so tactless… She doesn’t do any work

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we achieve

That’s not fair!”

and

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

her book was gone!

Keira was dumbfounded.

around the bookshelf, but no matter how much she tried, she

seemed to be

in the Horton

taken

did the book go?

realized

company who could get a book out of

top

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his own

flipped through the thick volume in

was about

subject

he still found the book complex and difficult to understand. He was also curious to know why

with a 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

“She’s not really here to

Tom was perplexed.

feel that the boss

must be his

then asked, “This book doesn’t

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we return it?”

she saw it

he felt dry-mouthed, “No

now.”

go upstairs to get the book from Lewis, but when she remembered their hug earlier, she suddenly became shy.

strolled back to the

and team members drinking coffee in the lounge, tr stay

all had weary expressions on their

someone couldn help but speak up:

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