"Mr. Johnston's investigating him|? Did something happen?" Sean's eyes widened.

In an instant, he had figured that things were not as simple as Nicole had described.

"Can you not be so astute?" Nicole flashed him a helpless smile.

All she had given him was a vague reminder, and yet, he had managed to intuit the complexity of this case. However, she really did not want to burden her brother by getting him tangled in her own issues. Jared being on the case was good enough.

"I'm right, then. But since you don't want to talk about it, I'm going to stop asking. Still, I must ask that you do not hide it from us if you ever find yourself in danger," Sean offered, understanding Nicole's intentions.

"Sure." Nicole replied as she felt the warmth in her heart.

"Well then, let's start according to the plan," Sean said affirmatively.

Having reached an agreement, Nicole and Steve left Sean's office.

Once they were outside, Steve gave Nicole a reassuring look and stated, "Don't worry. Things will go smoothly if we follow your plan. Our uncles won't gain anything, no matter how hard they try to take advantage of us."

lifted with confidence as she

the Riddle Corporation to remain a legitimate entity to this day. For that reason, Nicole would never allow anyone to jeopardize the foundation of the Riddle family, not even

parting ways, Nicole and Steve returned

resolving the issue concerning their uncles, Nicole relaxed, took some

passed in a blink, and with evening upon them, it was time

stepped out of the company building, she saw Jared's

Lana's

in school with her today, so they could not help but wonder if Lana

arrived, class had ended, and the kids were all lining up

Lana ran to Nicole when she saw

and asked, "Nolan wasn't with you today. Were you

her head. "My best friend, Nona, was with me the entire day

had made herself a good friend even

with her, Lana leaped into Jared's arms and greeted,

hair lovingly as he eyed her with a

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