My Mirror Image by Maybe Not (Candice And Alex’s) novel Chapter 421

Barox's words choked Sawyer. He pursed his lips, not knowing how to explain. In the end, he could only raise his head to look at the rear-view mirror.

Candice went along with Barox's words and spoke with a cold tone, like the drizzle outside. "I'll get a ride back on my own."

As soon as she finished speaking, the rear window rolled down, revealing Alex's expressionless face. His brows and eyes were stern. When his gaze met Candice's, it felt like the falling rain had paused.

The air was cold, but Alex's gaze was even colder.

His eyes lingered on the umbrella in Barox's hand. The two-person umbrella was not large, and Candice and Barox were quite close to each other. Even though there was an umbrella handle between them, their sleeves touched. It looked intimate.

Barox held the umbrella for Candice, his eyes expressionless, showing some impatience. He could not help but say. "Mr. Elysian, I don't think we can all fit in this ‘taxi’ of yours."

"Candice, the rain is getting heavier..." Sawyer was still trying to persuade her. He couldn’t help but frown and glance in the rearview mirror at the lack of input from Alex. He whispered, "Mr. Elysian?"

The rear passenger window slid closed.

Alex looked through the glass at the two people huddled under the umbrella, his eyes deep. He was about to speak when his phone rang.

He glanced down and saw it was Daniel calling.

Alex and his father weren’t that close. Unless it was something urgent, Daniel rarely took the initiative to contact him.

Of course, what Daniel considered urgent was often not good news for Alex.

He answered the phone casually, but before he could speak, Daniel's stern voice came through first.

"I heard that you couldn't even qualify for the Redshade Tender in Solaris? Alex, what are you doing? If you can’t even do this, how will you enter the headquarters in the future?!" Daniel's tone was full of blame and reprimand. He sounded like he was lamenting. "I didn't agree with you trying a new direction before. Look at what you're doing now. Aether doesn’t have that much reputation that you can just discard it!"

Daniel growled without even asking for the reasons, criticizing Alex's wrong decisions without hesitation. His voice was deep and full of energy.

Alex held the phone away from his ear. He did not put it on speaker, but in the front Sawyer could still hear everything clearly, and couldn’t help but frown.

Alex acted as if he had not heard anything. His expression was as calm as still waters, his eyes fixed on the rain outside.

After scolding for a while, Daniel finally got to the point. "Do you know that the Sui family now controls 43% of the shares in the board of directors? Alex, I don't care what means you use, but get back here quickly. Otherwise, you'll see Aether change its name to Sui."

Alex sneered silently, then said, "You were the one who kicked me out in the first place. Now you expect me to come back quickly to help you grab shares?"

"What kind of attitude is this?” Daniel raged. “Who do you think I'm doing this for? Let me tell you, don't be ignorant of what's good for you. If you can't handle things in Solaris, you better come back and marry Nina. With the help of Ava Goodman, the board of directors won't say anything."

Alex's expression turned cold almost instantly. "Is there anything else?"

"You—" Daniel's words were cut off as Alex hung up on the call.

Sawyer sat in the front, not daring to breathe heavily. After waiting for a minute, he cautiously asked. "Mr. Elysian, Candice probably hasn't gone far yet. Do you want to pick them up and go back to the hotel together?"

"Them?" Alex emphasized the word 'them,' his mood was already extremely bad, and now his expression turned completely black. "It's her own business if she likes to walk in the rain. What does it have to do with me?" he said coldly.

Sawyer mumbled an acknowledgment and stepped on the gas.