Larry glanced at the half-burnt cigarette. “Mr. Russell, you haven’t smoked for a long time. Mrs. Russell would not be happy if she found out that you relapsed.”

Dexter stopped smoking because the couple tried to conceive, but bad habits die hard.

“Do not tell Mrs. Russell about it when she comes back,” Dexter shot Larry a look while stubbing the cigarette out.

Larry nodded. “I won’t. After all, men need an outlet. Smoking is nothing.”

“How’s the progress at the construction site?” Dexter asked as he got into the car.

“Things are still uncertain, although the plans are underway. We recently seized three projects from the Carter Group, putting them on high alert.”

Dexter leaned back with his eyes closed as he listened to Larry’s report. “Paul Warren’s whereabouts are still a mystery. Our men are canvassing a greater area to no avail.”

If the Russells could not find Paul, that meant that he most probably was not in Wavery.

of men

“Yes, sir!”

his opinion, and eventually did. “Mr. Russell, isn’t it dangerous to have someone from the Olsen family

Olsen planted Liana at the Russells so that he had an eye on what they were planning to do, yet Dexter allowed her

be playing

he opened his eyes when the car came to

he saw Heather taking a picture of her simple outfit in the full-length mirror

and noted that the young woman looked

looks harmless, but people usually only reveal their trump

away her phone and approached the vehicle. Peeking

last night, so my father had me come and apologize to you,”

might’ve been harsh on you, so don’t be so hard on yourself. Go on in, I’ll come in soon.”

“Okay!” Heather beamed.

before dropping his smile. “Go back to the construction site. I need you to monitor them,” he instructed

and took the lift up to the top floor. As he entered his office,

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