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

Chapter 0349

Alex's words were direct, and the car fell silent instantly.

Candice's eyelashes trembled, and she suppressed her thoughts, responding, "Why are you asking about this?"

Alex's dark eyes stared at her intensely, as if he could see through her.

His tone was calm. "Just answer me."

Candice refused; she lifted her face and questioned Alex in an indescribable tone, "Is prying into someone's private life your pleasure?"

The storm raged against the car, occasionally accompanied by a lightning flash. Alex's voice was cold, as if it carried the storm outside, directly hitting Candice's heart.

He said, "I just want to confirm one thing."

"What thing?"

His expression remained unchanged. His gaze was deep as he looked at her thoughtfully, "Candice, you've always been good at deceiving people."

As soon as he said that, Candice's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

She almost instantly understood Alex's implication.

He still doubted that the child was his.

That was why he asked if she had been with Hanley.

He was just testing her.

Candice forgot one thing. She prided herself on understanding Alex enough but forgot that Alex understood her equally well.

She lowered her eyelashes, feeling his gaze still firmly fixed on her.

In almost an instant reaction, she lifted her head, looked directly into his eyes, and said straightforwardly, "Why do you think I've been with Hanley? Besides, even if I have, what's wrong with adults satisfying their needs?"

Alex looked at her. "Of course, there's nothing wrong."

Candice's eyebrows moved slightly, and her expression was cold. "Then, I hope Mr. Elysian won't ask such intrusive questions again."

Alex remained silent with an indifferent expression.

The two of them returned to the hotel in silence. Candice went to the front desk to get the room key and went to her room.

It wasn't until the door was locked that the calmness on her face shattered.

Once Alex was suspicious of something, he would make a thorough investigation to find out the truth.

Candice sat tiredly on the sofa. She hadn't thought about what she would do if Alex insisted on finding an answer.

She wanted this child.

But she didn't want any relationship with Alex anymore.

She sat on the sofa and thought for a while before picking up her phone and sending a message to Yana.

Yana replied quickly, saying everything had been arranged by her.

Although Candice couldn't help but feel a bit reluctant, there was no other way. Besides, she was tired from the flight, so she decided to directly wash up and sleep.

The next morning, it was still raining.

However, Candice had originally planned to organize materials at the hotel today. She called room service and had the meal brought to her.

It wasn't until evening that Hanley called her, and she stopped working.

Hanley asked, "Is it still raining outside?"

"It's not that heavy anymore, but it hasn't stopped," Candice sighed. "To be honest, it's my first time experiencing a typhoon. I've never encountered it before."

He chuckled softly. "Typhoons are not fun. Be careful at the hotel and stay safe."

She responded with an "Okay" and took the opportunity to ask him several professional questions about the issues she had encountered that day.

After finishing, she wanted to ask more, but he interrupted her, "Have you had dinner?"

No, she hadn't.

Dinner had just been delivered when Hanley called. Candice only now noticed that the food had cooled.

"If the food has cooled, let them bring another portion." Hanley reminded her calmly, almost as if he was certain about it.

Candice felt a bit awkward. Hanley shook his head, uttered a few words of concern about her health, and then hung up, not wanting to disturb her meal.

The rain in Solaris finally stopped the day before the summit started. When Candice went out temporarily to buy something at night, she saw Sawyer leading a respectful young man into the hotel just as she exited the elevator.

More accurately, it should be a young man.

He looked very young, dressed in a charcoal gray suit, tall and slender, with skin so fair it reflected the light.

But what caught people's attention more was his eyes; the pupils were light brown, giving off a seemingly cold aura.

When Candice looked at him, the young man seemed to sense it and looked back in her direction.

In that moment of eye contact, she was stunned.

While his side profile didn't give her that feeling, looking at his full face, he looked so much like that person.

However, in the brief moment of her trance, Sawyer had already led the young man into the elevator.

Candice faintly heard Sawyer addressing him as "Mr. Renault".

In the elevator, Sawyer stood beside the young man, his face showing nothing, but there was a bit of curiosity in his heart.

The information Sawyer obtained about Darius showed that he was young.

Sawyer originally thought that someone who could bring the Quinton family to this point, even if young, should be someone with deep scheming capabilities.

However, contrary to his expectations, Darius's appearance had nothing to do with the word "scheming". On the contrary, he looked more like a playboy.

"Who was that woman just now?" he heard Darius's emotionless, even somewhat bored voice.

Sawyer reacted, "Are you asking about Candice?" Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

"Candice?" Darius repeated each word slowly, with a hint of inquiry.

Sawyer inexplicably shivered. He felt that when Darius pronounced the name Candice, it seemed to overflow between his lips and teeth, carrying a different emotion.

His expression froze, and just as he was about to explain, he heard Darius ask, "Are you familiar with her?"

"...Yes, we used to work in the same company."

"Is she from Dorrington?"

"...Yes."

"Introduce her to me someday."

Darius made a causal decision, and Sawyer struggled to say, "She's already thirty."

Darius lowered his silent and stagnant gaze and retorted, "So what?"

Sawyer didn't know what to say. Intuitively, he felt that Darius was not someone easy to deal with.

Alex was also cold, but at the very least, he had a trace of humanity.

However, Darius did not.

It wasn't Candice's first time in Solaris; she used to come here frequently for business during her time at Aether Corporation.

After buying what she needed, she returned to the hotel. However, in her mind, she couldn't help but think of the young man she had just encountered.

He looked too much alike.

Candice didn't think it was a coincidence. She suddenly remembered that Solomon and Jackson had asked her before if she knew anyone in Solaris.

Her eyes darkened, and she thought of a somewhat absurd idea.

But this idea only appeared for a moment before being interrupted by someone.

In the hotel lobby, as Candice just entered, she met Alex and Sawyer coming down from upstairs.

There was no sign of the young man she had just seen.

She had only been out for half an hour.

She thought for a moment, then took the initiative to ask Sawyer, "Where is the person you were with just now?"