My Mirror Image by Maybe Not (Candice And Alex’s)

Chapter 0564

As soon as Candice opened the door, she saw Alex standing outside, holding a phone ready to make a call.

The moment the door opened, he saw Candice looking somewhat dazed.

Alex said, "I knocked on the door and no one answered. Your phone was off, so I was about to call the front desk."

Candice didn't miss the worry and anxiety in his eyes. Because of the Oscar incident before, when they were abroad, Alex rarely let Candice go anywhere alone. He had always insisted on accompanying her.

She said, "I overslept, and my phone was off."

Candice could tell Alex had rushed back. With his exhausted and weary eyes, he looked at her, his Adam's apple rolling, hesitating to speak. "I was supposed to come back the day before yesterday, but the work wasn't finished, so I could only come back last night."

She remained calm. "Why the rush to come back?"

His gaze was deep. "You mentioned seeing Sonia, and when I called you, you hung up. I was afraid of any more misunderstandings, so I came back directly. If you have any questions, ask me directly, don't listen to others." Alex's tone was heavy. "I won't lie to you."

Candice still stood in the doorway, showing no intention of letting him in. She had just woken up in the morning, her voice carrying a hint of fatigue, lacking any intimidation. "I didn't have anything to ask. You didn't need to come back specially."

As she finished speaking, she tried to close the door, but Alex blocked it with his hand.

Looking at Candice helplessly, he sighed softly, "I wanted to explain to you, I'm afraid you'd misunderstand."

"There's nothing to misunderstand." Candice's words were interrupted by Alex's low cough.

She looked at him, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I think I caught a cold."

For the past few days, in order to rush back to the country, he had hardly rested. He had been working day in and day out, even on the flight back. Although he spent his days accompanying Candice to take care of Ellis, he basically worked at night. At the busiest times, he only slept for two or three hours a day.

But then again, this was why he had never mentioned wanting to move in with Candice. Even though he knew that if he did mention it, he would definitely be rejected, the more important reason was that he was afraid his nighttime work would affect their rest.

Alex's exhaustion was obvious.

"You'd better go home and rest first," Candice urged him.

Instead, he took out a room card. "No need. I've already booked a room next door."

She looked at the room card, her gaze pausing for a moment, then nodded slowly. "Then you should go."

After saying that, she pushed Alex's hand aside and closed the door directly.

Back in her room, she had originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but she couldn't fall back asleep.

It was the weekend, and Yana didn't have any plans. Candice had originally planned to spend the day in the hotel with Ellis. However, as soon as Ellis woke up, she started looking for her dad again.

In the past few days, Alex would video call them every day. Candice didn't want to say much to Alex herself, so it was usually Ellis who chatted with him. Although she couldn't hear what the two of them were saying, Alex spoke in several languages, while Ellis used her very mature baby talk.

There was another knock at the door. It was Alex again.

After freshening up, his exhaustion seemed to have dissipated somewhat. He changed into casual clothes and stood in front of Candice again. "Do you want to go eat?" he asked. Before she could refuse, he added, "I have something to tell you."

Candice looked at him for a long time before turning to Ellis. "Don't take her out anymore. She's been throwing tantrums all day." Alex's gaze shifted to Ellis sitting on the bed. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "I'll take her to a place she will like later."

The place Alex mentioned that Ellis would like was Shawn's house.

Looking at the familiar building in front of her, Candice felt silent. It had been a long time since she had come here.

Shawn and Bruno were already

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waiting at the door. They were delighted to see Alex's car, especially when they saw Ellis Candice's arms. Their eyes were almost hidden from how large their smiles of joy were.

"Could you please take care of Ellis for a while?" Alex said.

Shawn nodded repeatedly. "Of course, of course. You go ahead and do your business. I'll take good care of my precious great granddaughter."

Candice hesitated. Although her relationship with Shawn was good, the thought of letting him take care of Ellis felt strange.

"How about we forget it?" she said.

"Why forget it!" Shawn became anxious. Candice, I may be old but I'm in good health. Taking care of a little one is no problem! Besides, are you afraid I'll mistreat Ellis? If you're worried, then I... I..."

He struggled for a long time and couldn't find anything to say. In the end, he could only look at Ellis eagerly, feeling very fond of her.

Candice finally stopped hesitating and handed Ellis to him. "She's very mischievous. Don't spoil her."

"It's good to be a little mischievous. Mischievous is cute. Don't be like her dad, who was like a gourd when he was a kid not cute at all!" Shawn glanced disapprovingly at Alex, then chased them away. "All right, you guys have things to do, hurry up and go."

Ellis still remembered Shawn, and she didn't feel shy when he held her. She just looked around curiously.

It wasn't until they left Shawn's house that Candice asked Alex, "Didn't you have something to tell me?"

Alex said, "You'll know in a moment."

Then Candice was taken to the Aether Corporation branch.

Seeing the familiar building, Candice's mood instantly became complicated. She had spent her entire youth here, and in the end, she left in a sorry state.

She suppressed the waves in her heart and asked Alex, "What are you doing here?"

"There are many things I owe you here," he answered.

After saying that, he took Candice's hand and led her into the company's door.

She had been here countless times before, but when she stepped in again, the familiar yet unfamiliar feeling couldn't help but make her heart tremble.

It happened to be working hours, and there weren't many idle people in the company, but there were still a few. When they saw Alex holding Candice's hand, they couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Candice's face instantly turned ugly. She wanted to shake off Alex's hand, but he held it tightly, and she couldn't shake it off.

After being pulled into the office in this posture, Candice's mood was already very bad. She quietly questioned Alex, "What exactly do you want to do?!"NôvelDrama.Org content.

Everything in this familiar environment made her feel uncomfortable. There were hardly any good memories left of her time at Aether Corporation. Only then did Alex let go of her hand. He took a deep breath. "There are two contracts on the desk. Could you take a look?"

She frowned,

"Please, go take a look," he said softly. "Trust me."