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.

as she said, "Keep an eye on him." It seemed out of character for Everett to

Everett would likely be

"Got it," Patricia replied.

think Everett will target our company

issues at several Riddle Corporation subsidiaries, so

Nicole shook her head.

point." "He's such a troublemaker," Lulu muttered,

tried to reassure

afraid of." She thought to

the more restless Everett gets, the better our chances of catching him in the act, hopefully leading to

we have to stay

help but chuckle

about it and focus on our own tasks." "Ms. Riddle, I'll be heading out then," Patricia

"Alright," Nicole responded.

herself as well

you go yesterday?" Lulu asked Patricia, referring to Nolan

a family gathering, and it wouldn’t have

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