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.

an eye on him." It seemed out of character for Everett to stay

events, Everett would likely be more cautious, making

"Got it," Patricia replied.

target our company directly

Riddle Corporation subsidiaries, so it

Nicole shook her head.

at this point." "He's such a

tried to

someone we should be afraid of." She

in the act, hopefully leading to his capture soon.' "It's

with him, but we have

but chuckle

about it and focus on our own tasks."

"Alright," Nicole responded.

herself as well and followed

asked Patricia, referring to Nolan

family gathering, and it wouldn’t have been

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