Chapter 1319

The office was eerily silent, with no response to be heard

Half of the drapes were obscured by a cabinet and the bay window was also blocked from view

Phelps whipped out his smartphone and dialed Tyler’s number

Stillness reigned within the office

After hanging up without a response. Phelps gently shut the office door once more

As the door clicked shut for the second time. Tyler peeked from behind a corner of the curtain

The drapes were thick and luxurious, turning Phelps office cum sanctuary into a pitch black cave, no matter how bright the sun shone outside

Now with the curtains parted Tyler locked eyes with the man standing inside the office.

Phelps hadnt left after all he was silently watching from within the room

The sound of the closing door had made Tyler instinctively think Phelps had gone, a testament to human habit

Their gazes met, and Tyler cracked a drowsy smile rubbing his eyes

“When did you get back? Tyler yawned stretching his legs as he hopped down from the cozy window seat, looking like he had just woken up from a deep sleep

seconds before asking Did you sleep

woke up with a killer backache Tyler confessed,

glanced at his phone screen, eyebrows lifting in

other? Phelps asked,

“Over two decades

office was serene, with Phelps stationed by

your little tell when you lie You fiddle with something‘ Phelps

room could have been sliced with

remembered he had pocketed his phone right after mentioning the two decades. His hands were

ran down his spine, and

soft chuckle, his voice steady and relaxed

“Gotcha

as if all the oxygen had been sucked out

door, still with a hint of mirth

to dig around. I was worried that this mess might be the Haskins family trying to stir the pot. Remember Chuke Fitch’s. cousin? Almost came

to pin this on lan

you a screenwriter? i think

the shoulder,

almost gave me a heart attack, you know? Waking up to your voice on the phone, talking about the Haskins- finished the whole dame plot in my head. My brother turns out to be

lips twitched in amusement Feeling a

Phelps was trying to ease his tension

a rubber band it

patted Tyler’s shoulder comforting

has always been a bi turbulent. Others are just as suspect

The Huskins

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