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

likely be more cautious, making him harder

"Got it," Patricia replied.

Everett will target our company directly next?" Lulu

several Riddle Corporation subsidiaries, so it seemed unlikely he would go

Nicole shook her head.

at this point." "He's such

to

not someone we should be afraid of." She

said, the more restless Everett gets, the better our chances of catching him in the act,

with him, but we have to stay vigilant," Lulu complained,

couldn't help but

think about it and focus on our own tasks." "Ms.

"Alright," Nicole responded.

excused herself as well and

go yesterday?" Lulu asked Patricia,

the birthday party, Patricia explained, "It was a family gathering, and it wouldn’t

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