Chapter 0354


    Candice''s hand holding the towel suddenly tightened, and she slowly raised her eyelids to look at


    Alex.


    He was also looking at her, but he was half-lying on the bed while Candice stood, her gaze looking


    down from a higher perspective.


    After a pause, she ced the towel in her hand on the nearby cab. "I''m going down."


    "Do you remember?" a deep voice resonated, carrying a slightly intoxicating breath in the air. Alex


    furrowed his brow, and his face turned somewhat pale.


    He didn''t look at Candice, but after a pause, he said again, "You said that in the future, you want to


    name your child Little Berry."


    He seemed genuinely drunk. He didn''t look at her while speaking, and his Adam''s apple moved up


    and down.


    Candice''s heart stirred. She looked at Alex withplex eyes, forcefully suppressing the bitter


    feeling in her heart.


    Yes, she had once fantasized about having a child.


    Little Berry was the name she had thought of naming her child.


    She pinched the palm of her hand, slowly exhaled a breath, and looked at Alex with a determined


    and persistent gaze, her voice clear, "Alex, you''re drunk."


    "Maybe I am drunk. I am always recalling the past." He covered his eyes with his hand, his tone


    casual.


    Candice paused and said, "There''s nothing to recall."


    As she left the room, she coincidentally met the front desk staff delivering the hangover soup.


    Candice felt a bit annoyed. She went back to the room and went out to the balcony to get some


    fresh air.


    Alex was clearly drunk tonight, and she didn''t have much concern about it. However, when he


    mentioned the name, it did create a slight ripple in her heart. After all, it was something Candice had


    once genuinely envisioned.


    She lowered her head, touched her stomach, and marveled at the miracle inside—a brand-new life.


    Just as she returned from the balcony, her phone rang. It was Sawyer calling.


    "I just got back to the hotel. Mr. Elysian drank a bit too much today and is not feeling well. Candice,


    do you know what medicine Mr. Elysian usually takes in such situations?"


    Sawyer had not been with Alex for long, and Alex usually didn''t drink this much, so he was unsure.


    "You can just ask him directly," Candice said.


    "Mr. Elysian is really ufortable right now."


    Candice took a deep breath and quickly said in a low voice, "When I brought him back, I already


    called the front desk. The medicine should be delivered soon, and there are instructions on how to


    take it."


    "The hangover soup has also been delivered. After he gets drunk, he can''t stand the smell of


    peaches, and also—"


    Candice emotionlessly listed a bunch of precautions for Alex. Finally, she said, "Remember them for


    the future and don''t ask me again."


    Before Sawyer could respond, she hung up the phone.


    Holding the phone, Sawyer was about to follow Candice''s advice and go pour water for Alex.


    Turning around, he saw Alex standing not far behind him.


    Awkwardly clearing his throat, Sawyer said, "Mr. Elysian."


    Alex''s face still looked a bit pale. He nced at Sawyer''s phone, his voice low, "What did she say?"


    Candice didn''t sleep well that night. In her dreams, a little girl kept calling her ‘mom’, and the name


    she blurted out was ‘Little Berry’. When she struggled to wake up from the hazy dream, the sky was


    already bright.


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    She checked the time; it was 7:30 in the morning.


    Suppressing the fatigue in her body, Candice began to freshen up. While in the middle of washing


    up, Yana called, "I''ve arranged the things you told me about earlier."


    Candice didn''t react, "What things did I tell you about?"


    "It''s not important. You''ll know when the timees. That person should arrive in the afternoon."


    Yana''s mysterious words left Candice in a state of confusion.


    The summit wouldst for several days, and today, she had to go meet Abel and the others.


    While descending the stairs, she inevitably ran into Sawyer and Alex again.


    Alex''splexion wasn''t as pale asst night, indicating that he had improved after taking


    medicine.


    Sawyer greeted her, "You''re heading to the conference hall, right? Let''s go together"


    Without thinking, Candice refused. "No need."


    Alex, who had been looking at his phone, raised his head and looked at her expressionlessly. "Don''t


    bete."


    As it turned out, Alex''s prediction was urate. Candice encountered the morning rush hour in


    Sris and got caught in a rear-end collision near the conference hall.


    By the time she arrived, the summit had been underway for half an hour. The keynote speaker on


    stage happened to be Abel, who gestured for her to enter. During the mid-break, Candice


    apologized to him, who generously dismissed it.


    "Oh, it seems like you had a good timest night?" a somewhat ambiguous jest came from the side,


    and Candice followed the voice to find Ang.


    She grinned at Candice. "I thought Mr. Elysian wouldn''t be able to handle it after getting drunk. It


    seems I misjudged."


    Ignoring the suggestive look in Ang''s eyes, Candice replied, "Halfway through, his secretary


    came to take him away."


    "Huh?" Ang seemed puzzled.


    Candice added, "We only have a professional coboration, and I''m already pregnant."


    "You''re married?" Ang was even more surprised, and Candice said, "No."


    She didn''t say anything more to Ang and went to another corner to answer a call. It was from an


    unknown number, and a low, displeased male voice came through, "Where are you?"


    "You’ve dialed the wrong number," Candice said.


    "I''m Barox. Yana asked me toe."


    Hearing this, she was stunned. "Why did she ask you toe?"


    "To pretend to be the father of your child."


    Hisments left her speechless.


    Candice hadn''t expected Yana''s arrangements to be like this.


    After the summit ended, she saw Barox, a sunshine-like young man in a white T-shirt and a


    baseball cap, outside the conference hall.


    Barox also spotted her and walked toward her with a stern face, "Yana said you urgently needed to


    find a cheap dad for your child."


    Candice''s forehead veins pulsed. "It''s not that urgent."


    "Well, Yana''s brain must be malfunctioning again." Barox seemed unsurprised.


    Candice remembered that Barox was still a college student. She couldn''t say much to him, so she


    asked, "Are you nning to stay in Sris for a few days or are you going back now?"


    "A few days. Going back now is troublesome," he replied.


    She fell silent and asked, "Have you booked a hotel?"


    Candice hadn''t expected Yana''s idea of solving the problem to be sending a person directly.


    With no other choice, she took Barox to the hotel to book a room. Unexpectedly, when she raised


    her eyes, she saw Alexing in apanied by Darius.


    Alex naturally saw her and quickly shifted his gaze to Barox beside her, and his eyes slightly


    narrowed.


    However, Candice didn''t notice Alex''s gaze at all. Almost as soon as she saw Darius, her eyes


    stayed on him.


    Darius was also looking at her.


    In the brief moment their eyes met, neither of them showed much change in expression. However,


    in Candice''s heart, one thing became even more certain.


    She slowly withdrew her gaze and looked at Barox next to her. "Is everything arranged?"


    Barox nodded, picked up his room card, and said, "Let''s go upstairs."