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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

and go. Don’t waste our time!”

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

the hostility of the group.

what was going on, she took a

argue

were eight elevators

closed, someone in the group suddenly whispered.

a bit too harsh just now?”

She doesn’t do any

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when we achieve results, she reaps the

too. That’s not

60th floor through another elevator and hastily looked for

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

then, she discovered her book was gone!

Keira was dumbfounded.

the bookshelf, but no matter how much she

seemed to be reading it…

the Horton Group’s library

taken

did the book

she realized something…

the company who could

the top

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was engrossed with his own eyebrows

he flipped through the thick volume in his hands.

book was about neuroscience.

with the subject

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

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

replied, “She’s not

Tom was perplexed.

help but feel that the boss

be his

asked, “This book doesn’t

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Should we return

she saw it today. He suddenly remembered the feeling of her in his arms earlier…

he felt

now.”

go upstairs to get the book from Lewis, but when she remembered

back to the R&D

she spotted Jalen and team members drinking coffee in the

had weary expressions on

someone couldn help but

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