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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.

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

and go. Don’t

still waiting for us. Would you be

frowned, detecting the hostility

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

argue about

a researcher, she understood the exasperation when a problem couldn’t be resolved promptly. Besides, there were eight elevators in total.

the elevator doors closed, someone in

bit too

She doesn’t do any

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when we achieve results, she reaps the

That’s not

60th floor through another elevator and hastily looked for a book she put

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

then, she discovered her book was gone!

Keira was dumbfounded.

but no matter how much she

nearby seemed to

in the Horton

be taken

the book go?

she realized

the company who could get a book out of here!

the top floor.

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engrossed with his own

through the thick volume in his hands.

book was about neuroscience.

with the subject due to

book complex and difficult to understand. He was also curious to know why Keira was

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

replied, “She’s not really here

Tom was perplexed.

the boss seemed to be speaking up for

must be his

book doesn’t seem to have

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Should we return it?”

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

of a sudden, he felt dry-mouthed, “No need for

now.”

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

the end, she strolled back to the

spotted Jalen and team members drinking coffee in the lounge, tr stay awake.

weary expressions

laid-back demeanor, someone couldn help

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