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    William looked annoyed. “This should’ve been rounded to three decimal ces. You used one. That small mistake throws off everything thates after it. Didn’t they teach you this when you joined?”


    He didn’t mean to be harsh, but a basic error like this shouldn’t havee from her.


    Ste looked at the number he mentioned and saw he was right. Maybe Sandra had rushed and made the mistake.


    She let out a quiet sigh, closed the file, and asked, “Other than that, Mr. Briggs, is there anything else wrong with the data?”


    She wanted to fix everything before handing it over to Paul.


    William replied coldly, “This one mistake throws everything off. You should fix it before looking at the rest.”


    Then he got up and walked out, not looking back at her once.


    Ste didn’t show any reaction to his words, even though hisst line was clearly meant to scold her a little.


    William felt confused. Ste didn’t look upset—just calm. Had he really be so unimportant to her?


    He had seen signs that she liked him once.


    When did that change? When did her eyes stop lighting up for him and start focusing only on research?


    William picked up his phone and opened Ste’s chat.


    He typed something, deleted it, then tried again.<fnfc56> Newest update provided by findnovel</fnfc56>


    Nothing felt right—some messages sounded too bold, others too soft, and a few just didn’t make sense.


    In the end, despite all that effort, he still couldn’t bring himself to hit send.


    If Ste checked her phone now, she would see that William had been typing nonstop in their chat.


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    But she was so focused on her experiment that she forgot her phone even existed. When the workday ended, Sandra asked Ste why she had been showing up so earlytely and what had happened with the apartment she bought.


    Ste gave a small smile and said, “I’ve actually been staying in the institute’s dorm for the past few days.”


    Sandra blinked in surprise. “Seriously? Why did you move back? Was there a problem with your ce?”


    Ste didn’t know how to exin it right away.


    She had moved back to the research institute, but during that time, she had been in regr contact with the property management of her residentialmunity.


    She had repeatedly raised concerns about how easy it was for outsiders to enter, making the ce feel unsafe.


    Thankfully, the management took her feedback seriously and made some big changes to improve security.


    Now, to get into the building, residents had to use a swipe card, and each household was given only a limited number. Younger children who hadn’t started school weren’t issued any.


    For parking, a resident’s pass had to be clearly ced on the dashboard—without it, vehicles weren’t allowed inside.


    Though the new process was a bit more inconvenient than before, at least it made the neighborhood feel safer.


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