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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 just

and go. Don’t waste

is still waiting for us. Would you

detecting the hostility of the

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

to argue about

there were eight

doors closed, someone in the group suddenly whispered.

a bit too

doesn’t do any work

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when we achieve

That’s

elevator and hastily looked for a book she put away.

hard, she was sure she could solve old Mrs.

then, she discovered her

Keira was dumbfounded.

looked around the bookshelf, but no matter how much

nearby seemed to be reading it…

Horton Group’s library clearly

be taken

did the book

she realized something…

only one person in the company who could get a book out of

top floor.

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was engrossed with his own eyebrows

through the thick volume in his

was about

familiar with the subject due to

still found the book complex and difficult to understand. He was also

actions downstairs. He then added, “Boss, Keira is simply taking advantage of Mrs. Horton’s fondness for her and acting as she

“She’s not really

Tom was perplexed.

help but feel that the boss

be his illusion!

asked, “This book doesn’t

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we

she saw it today. He

he felt dry-mouthed,

now.”

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

the end, she strolled back to the

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

weary expressions on their faces.

someone couldn

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