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Chapter 193

Chapter 0193

“Ivor has already spoken to me.” Inside the office, Yvonne nervously rubbed her hands, looking

cautiously at the young man in front of her.

Seated behind the desk, Alex appeared cold and weary. His dark eyes assessed Yvonne, carrying

a hint of sarcasm.

After a moment, he scoffed and spoke in a cold tone. “Does Candice know you’ve cto see me?

These days. Yvonne hadn’t been having an easy time. Her father was upset and in the hospital.

her youngest daughter was also admitted, and Ivor kept calling her daily.

She wore a pained expression as she glanced at Alex, then began, “Mr. Elysian, it’s Candice’s great

fortune to have a boss like you. I shouldn’t have caused trouble at your company before. I

apologize, I apologize to you all.”

“And since you were willing to help her before, can’t you help her now?”

“Help her?” Alex tapped his fingers on the desk, his tone ambiguous. He looked at Yvonne and

said with a cold voice. “I thought you knew she had been fired by Aether Corporation.”

*Since she’s no longer an Aether Corporation employee, why should I help her?”

Clearly, she hadn’t known that Candice had resigned from Aether Corporation. She hadn’t paid

attention to the online news, assuming Candice was still with Aether Corporation.

But she quickly reacted and asked, “Then after she got fired, what about the contract your company

had with her? Will you still have to compensate her for hundreds of thousands?”

Alex paused, his cold eyes lingering on her for a few seconds before he drew a completely ironic

smile. “Yes.”

“Could you give it todirectly? As her mother, shouldn’t I be able to collect the money on her

behalf?”

His face showed no emotion as he stared at her.

Feeling uncomfortable under his gaze, Yvonne remembered what Ivor had said and added, “We all

know about the relationship between you and Candice. Just consider it a gift forand her dad to

meet you. This is what you should do. Besides, you’re a big boss, you’re not short of money. right?”

The more she spoke, the more she felt she was making sense. “Moreover-”

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“I think you’ve misunderstood.” Before she could finish, Alex’s cold and stern voice cut her off.

His stern gaze bore down on Yvonne, causing her to instinctively shrink back.

“Candice and I don’t have the kind of relationship you think. It’s merely a matter of mutual benefit, so

there’s no obligation forto give you anything.”

Yvonne still wanted to say something. “I…”

Just then, the office door was slammed open, and Candice stood by the door.

This was exciting.

Candice had just arrived at the company and overheard her own mother asking Alex for money. And

she actually believed they had such a great relationship?

Candice couldn’t fathom what Yvonne was thinking. Did she have to strip away every bit of dignity

from her before she’d relent?

Yvonne hadn’t expected Candice to come. She stood still for a moment, but Candice didn’t care about

her expression. She stepped forward and grabbed her mother’s arm. “Cwith me.”

Her voice was icy, akin to the wild storm raging outside.

Yvonne was dragged by her. She instinctively shook off Candice’s hand, sounding pitifully aggrieved,

“Candice, have spity on me, please. I truly have no other way. You promised to givefive

hundred thousand, but you haven’t given it to me.”

“Yes, I lied to you before, but this time, it’s true. If I don’t take the money back now, he’ll find Peach.

And he definitely won’t spare me. Since you’re going to givethe money anyway, why

not give it now?”

Candice never knew Yvonne could cling on like a piece of chewing gum and be so shameless

about it.

She took a deep breath, finding it hard to hold back. “Yvonne, do you know Grandpa is in the

hospital waiting for surgery?”

Yvonne blinked, confused. “Wasn’t he having a stroke? Can he still have surgery?”

The disbelief and confusion in her words ignited Candice’s anger instantly.

She turned to Alex. “Are Aether Corporation’s security guards off duty today? Why did you let her

in?”

Alex looked at her. “Are you blaming me?”

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The surge of anger in Candice was suppressed once again. Yvonne was her blological mother, and it

was her own desire for that elusive maternal love that had led her to tolerate her tand

again.

So, she couldn’t blanyone but herself.

It was truly regrettable.

“Candice.” Alex’s low and Indifferent voice resounded. He mockingly looked at Candice. “Is that. the

kind of relationship you’ve described between us? Then tell me, what kind of relationship do we have?”

Although his tone was nonchalant, even careless, and it sounded completely mocking in her ears.

She lowered her lashes. “You said it yourself, we’re just using each other.”

Alex sneered, slightly lifting his chin. “This is a company, not your home. I hope such incidents. won’t

happen again. To be honest, I have little interest in your family’s drama.”

It was really embarrassing. Candice pursed her lips and reached out to pull Yvonne’s arm.

She didn’t have much strength in her wrist. When she had cover earlier, she had accidentally hit

the fence because of the heavy rain. But thankfully, she had applied the brakes in time, so it hadn’t

caused any major accidents. Still, her right wrist twisted a bit due to the force, causing spain.

Yvonne didn’t pay any attention to the injury on Candice’s hand. In fact, she squeezed Candice’s

injured wrist even harder, using her strength to straighten her body. She had just been bending and

bowing before Alex, but she was actually quite tired.

As the pain pulsed through her wrist, Candice instinctively furrowed her brows. She almost involuntarily

gasped for air but managed to hold it back. However, after pulling Yvonne out of the office, she

suddenly remembered something, stopped in her tracks, and looked back at Alex.

“When did Aether Corporation decide to participate in the financial exhibition?” Candice asked.

Alex’s gaze subtly hardened. “What are you trying to say?”

“I don’t believe you don’t know that Hanley is in charge of planning for the financial exhibition,” Candice

continued.

“Hanley?” Alex’s eyes gradually darkened. There was a hint of irritation in the corner of his lips and a

trace of annoyance between his brows. “Are you questioningfor Hanley?”

She couldn’t decipher his thoughts anymore. She looked straight at him, her tone calm. “You’ve always

been targeting him.”

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The atmosphere in the office grew cold. Alex looked at her without saying a word, his imposing aura

intensifying.

After a while, he finally uttered a single word. “Leave.”

Candice glanced at him, feeling exhausted and lacking the energy to say anything more to him. She

turned to leave, but then she heard him speak again.

“Candice, Aether Corporation can’t afford and can’t provoke families like yours,” he said, his tone

firm. “You don’t need to cto the company anymore.”