How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire

Chapter 35: Chapter 35

“Really?”

Such a core issue, even a Ph.D. like Jalen Riley, who had returned from studying abroad, couldn’t solve it in a short time!

A undergraduate, no matter how much Professor Miller praised her talent, even if it were exceptional, could she solve it?

Luca Barker thought this, his right hand sliding the mouse… he opened that email, then slightly startled!

“Bang!”

Jalen Riley slammed the heavy document down on the table, chin lifted slightly, “Meeting!”

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But Luca Barker didn’t respond immediately, instead staring at that email!

“Luca Barker! Are you glued to your seat?!”

Jalen Riley was in a bad mood, and seeing his slow reactions, he yelled.

Luca Barker glanced at the content of the email, saw it was a blank document, then immediately stood up, “Coming, coming~”

The junior sister indeed hadn’t solved the problem, this blank email must have been an accidental mistake.

After he left the computer, the attachment that had just buffered finished downloading, silently lying on the interface…

Inside the office.

Jalen Riley furrowed his brows and briefly discussed the situation from the meeting. He didn’t mention Keira Olsen, only saying, “If we can’t solve this core problem in two days, I will resign due to responsibility.”

As soon as these words came out, the office instantly became somber.

Jalen Riley had a temper and would scold them from time to time, but he was a qualified team leader, and no one on the team disrespected him.

After a moment of silence, they each began to speak:

“Team leader, just tell us what we can do!”

“Yeah, we’ll stay awake for the next two days and just live here to knock this out!”

Jalen Riley set the work plans, each employee’s workload increased several times, but no one complained!

It wasn’t until the meeting was over that Jalen Riley felt something was missing…

He suddenly looked towards Luca Barker, “Where’s Keira Olsen?”

It was time to start work, why wasn’t she here?

Luca Barker shook his head, but another person said, “She came in this morning to clock in and went to the resource library.”

Jalen Riley’s face immediately turned ashen!

Here he was fighting for her and Jake Horton, and that woman had run off again?

Someone couldn’t help but say, “Team leader, she really doesn’t appreciate what she has, working on our project could increase her professional experience so much!”

Luca Barker also disapproved of the junior sister’s actions but still spoke up for her, “She just graduated, she doesn’t understand these things… besides, our stuff is too complex for her, she probably can’t understand…”

“We’re a team, even if she doesn’t understand, shouldn’t she stay and lend a hand at critical moments? To just take a salary and do nothing, who does that!”

“Exactly, what’s with this girl? Are we really starting to harbor idlers in our team?”

Jalen Riley took a deep breath, feeling Keira Olsen was utterly ungrateful!

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Top floor.

Tom Davis had been observing the situation downstairs. He knew more than the people of team one and was complaining to Lewis Horton:

“Jalen Riley is busy to death because of her, yet there she is, all relaxed, spending the whole morning reading at the library… truly a femme fatale.”

Lewis Horton furrowed his brows, his cool gaze sweeping over her, “She spent the whole morning?”

“Yes, she clocked in and then went there, hasn’t even had lunch yet!”

“What book?”

“I didn’t pay attention, probably a paper on new energy, I guess?”

“…You guess?”

Lewis Horton’s voice was clearly displeased, causing Tom Davis to shiver, yet he suddenly realized, “She’s been targeting the library ever since she started working, so was her purpose in joining the Horton Group to access the resources?”

What book she was reading became particularly crucial!

Tom Davis lowered his head, “I’ll go check on it right away!”

However, Lewis Horton had already stood up. He began buttoning his suit as he strode out, leaving only one command behind: “No need to follow.”

He quickly reached the library and in the section of books on neurology, he found her.

She was looking up, her eyes swiftly scanning a row of books before fixing on the top shelf of the library.

Seemingly spotting something, a spark lit up her eyes. She dragged a ladder over, stepped on it, and stretched her arm out to grab a book.

Today, she was wearing a loose hoodie and tight jeans.

At that moment, this movement made her hoodie slide up, revealing the complete contour of her legs.

From Lewis Horton’s perspective, her legs were slender and straight. The jeans hugged the round lines of her buttocks and further up was a stretch of pale waistline!!

Lewis Horton paused momentarily, slowly withdrawing his gaze. That patch of paleness seemed engraved in his mind, sparking a thought: her waist was so slim… could he wrap his hand around it?

Keira Olsen hadn’t noticed him at all. After grabbing the book, she casually flipped through it, her eyes suddenly lighting up.

The book she had been looking for was this one!

In her excitement, she forgot she was still on the ladder. She stepped toward the seat beside her, but her foot missed the step, and she fell uncontrollably!

This was bad.

The thought had just sprung into Keira Olsen’s mind when she landed in a set of warm, strong arms…

Only then did she realize that Lewis Horton had caught her.

The two were extremely close, the crisp, masculine scent of his cologne lingering at the tip of her nose, his large hand holding her buttocks… the searing heat from his palm penetrating the thin jeans…

Keira Olsen’s heartbeat suddenly skipped half a beat, a surge of embarrassment overtaking her!

But she understood it wasn’t intentional, just a coincidence.

Keira Olsen hurriedly jumped to the ground, steadying her heartbeat, “Mr. Horton, thank you.”

Yet her cheeks were tinted with a suspicious flush.

Lewis Horton was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looking at his empty hands.

The girl was soft and light… the touch just now made his mouth dry and hands slightly clumsy, a first for a man who had spent years navigating the corporate world.

He looked down, his eyelashes trembling lightly, as he restrained himself and said, “You’re welcome.”

The atmosphere turned awkward for a moment.

Keira Olsen coughed slightly, “I just remembered, there might be something in the R&D department. I should go first.”

“…Alright.”

With his permission, Keira Olsen then hid the book she had just found in an inconspicuous corner, fearing someone else might borrow it, before she left the library.

By the time she reached the elevator, her face was still a bit flushed.

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After eating something casually, Keira Olsen returned to Research Group One.

As soon as she entered, she sensed something was amiss.

The colleagues, who had been reasonably warm towards her, now acted as if they hadn’t seen her…

Keira Olsen didn’t know why, just assuming they weren’t familiar with her.

In the afternoon, she went to the library again.

But Luca Barker stopped her, whispering, “Don’t go this afternoon…”

“Why?”

Keira Olsen was puzzled, “Isn’t it said that after finishing the tasks we are supposed to do, we can go?”

Luca Barker immediately glanced around and surely saw the colleagues’ unusual glances coming their way.

He also became impatient, saying sternly, “Yeah, you can go after you finish the work. But have you completed the tasks assigned to you last week?”

“I have finished them!”

“I know it’s hard and you might not solve it all at once, so you need to stay here and concentrate… wait, what?!”@@novelbin@@