My Mirror Image by Maybe Not (Candice And Alex’s) novel Chapter 493

The girl glanced around and found an excuse to leave.

Alex suppressed emotions and slowly shifted his gaze to Ellis. For the past three days, he had been replaying the scene at the hospital in his mind.

He heard the little girl calling Candice "mom," and heard Candice responding in a tone of unprecedented gentleness.

The scenes would appear in his dreams every night. Whenever he closed his eyes, Candice and this child would appear.

Even more crazily, he dreamed that this child called him "dad".

Alex didn’t like drinking, and he despised alcoholics even more. But in order to hear the word "dad" a few more times, he let himself get drunk for three days.

He thought that as long as he fell asleep, he could hear it again.

And then he indulged in that dream...

Alex had felt like he was going crazy as he allowed himself to sink into such absurdity for a near impossible possibility.

Now, he looked at Candice, his eyes carrying some expectation that even he himself didn't realize. However, Candice casually glanced at him, as if they were truly unfamiliar, then stepped back two steps, and said coldly, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Alex said, "I'll take you back to the hotel first."

"No need." Candice frowned slightly, looked at the sky, feeling that it was indeed going to rain, and she became a little impatient. "If there's nothing else, don't waste my time. It's going to rain."

He stubbornly looked at her. "I can take you back."

"I told you I don't need it, can't you understand?" Candice replied crossly.

Ellis seemed to be awakened by their conversation. She moved a few times in Candice's arms, and Candice became even more impatient.

She looked at Alex, her tone cold. "I have no interest in the questions you want to ask, I have no obligation to answer you, and we haven't had any contact for a long time, so you'd better not bother me anymore. It's really annoying."

Candice thought that with these words, someone as proud as Alex would leave.

To her surprise, he didn't move at all. Instead, he looked at her in silence.

Instead, he asked in a low, hoarse voice, "Do you have anything else to say? I'm listening." His tone was calm, without the usual sharpness, as if no matter what Candice said, he would go along with her.

Upon hearing this, Candice couldn't help but sneer. The depth of her eyes became heavier, and she imitated Alex's previous tone, saying, "Alex, don't you feel like you've lowered yourself now?"

Alex's pupils suddenly contracted. He watched as Candice turned and walked away from him.

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It did rain on the way back. Yana's friend didn't dare to drive, so Candice did instead. The girl sat in the back seat with Ellis in her arms.

As they approached the traffic light in front of the hotel, Candice saw the girl glancing at her for the third time through the rearview mirror. She said calmly, "If you have something to ask, just say it."

"Well, I'm just a little curious, you and Alex..." The girl seemed apologetic. "Sorry, I didn't mean anything. It's just that I have a friend who just started working at Aether Corporation this year, so I've been paying attention. I'm just curious, did you two used to date? Why does he look so wronged?"

The girl's words were actually quite tactful. She probably wanted to ask if Candice dumped Alex, because of how he had looked just before.

Candice's eyelashes drooped, her voice as usual as she replied, "Not really, he's just my former boss."

"Oh, so you two had a crush on each other." The girl nodded, deeply convinced she was right. "But Alex is ruthless. It takes courage to date him. My friend said he looks scary with a stern face every day at the company. And I heard he had a fiancée before, but it seems it fell through."

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