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.

eye on him." It seemed out of character for Everett to stay quiet; Nicole felt there

Everett would likely be more cautious, making him harder to deal

"Got it," Patricia replied.

target our company directly next?" Lulu

subsidiaries, so it seemed unlikely he would go after

Nicole shook her head.

point." "He's such a

tried to

not someone we should be afraid of." She thought to herself,

said, the more restless Everett gets, the better our chances of catching him in the act, hopefully leading to his capture soon.' "It's just

him, but we have to stay

but chuckle

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

"Alright," Nicole responded.

herself as well and followed

yesterday?" Lulu asked Patricia, referring to Nolan and

Patricia explained, "It was a family gathering, and it wouldn’t have

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