Glancing at Nicole, Jared awkwardly excused himself.

"I'm going to take a shower," he said.

Nicole chuckled softly, amused by his clear devotion as a doting father.

She could only imagine the long road ahead for any boy who fancied Lana, wondering just how exceptional they would have to be to earn Jared's approval.

The next day dawned bright and sunny.

Nicole arrived at the office as usual.

Despite a day's worth of work pressing down, thanks to Nicole and Lulu's efforts, the workload left for Nicole wasn't overwhelming.

"Ms. Riddle, it's unusually quiet on Everett's end.

Could there be something amiss?” Patricia whispered cautiously.

Nicole's eyes narrowed slightly.

It seemed out of character for Everett to stay quiet;

would likely be more

"Got it," Patricia replied.

Everett will target our company directly next?" Lulu asked,

had already dealt with issues at several Riddle Corporation subsidiaries, so it seemed unlikely he would go after them

Nicole shook her head.

hard to say at this point." "He's such a

to

not someone we should be afraid

gets, the better our chances of catching him in the act, hopefully leading to his capture soon.'

him, but we have to stay vigilant,"

help but chuckle

and focus on our own tasks." "Ms. Riddle, I'll be

"Alright," Nicole responded.

herself as well

yesterday?" Lulu asked Patricia, referring to Nolan and

birthday party, Patricia explained, "It was a family gathering,

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