"Fully fed and watered, nothing happened," Ellar leaned back in his seat, a slight smile playing on his lips.The assistant ventured, "He hasn't discovered anything, has he?""No, it doesn't seem like he's noticed anything yet," Ellar confidently stated. "He even warned me as he was leaving, giving me three days.""Three days, but what will he do after that?" the assistant inquired.Ellar shrugged. "Guess he'll start threatening me then." Everett had only talked about wanting to collaborate this time and hadn't mentioned anything about the seal. Ellar could only continue to pretend he didn't know the seal was missing and wait. In three days, when Everett shows up with the fake seal, Ellar plans to strip him of everything.Time flowed swiftly, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.Nicole and Jared arrived at the dining room as usual."Mom, Dad," Nicole greeted before sitting down with Jared."Daddy, Mommy," Nolan and Lana sweetly called out to the two.Nicole, with eyes
Gloria pondered for a moment before replying, "Well... we'll see when the time comes."If there really was nothing else going on, a trip could be nice."Deal," Daniel said with a laugh.Gloria rolled her eyes at him. "I haven't agreed to it yet.""You'll go," Daniel was quite confident.Seeing Daniel's demeanor, Gloria couldn't help but laugh.After Nicole and Jared dropped off Nolan and Lana, they arrived at Riddle Corporation.As the car stopped, Nicole looked up at Jared with a smile. "I'm heading up."Jared gently squeezed her hand, softly saying, "Alright, I'll come to pick you up after work.""Mm," Nicole agreed, then opened the door and got out of the car.After watching the car drive away, Nicole turned to enter the company and happened to run into Lulu."Jared has left, but no worries, I'll keep you company," Lulu joked, linking her arm with Nicole's.Nicole gave Lulu a look, feeling amused. "Then I guess I should thank you.""Don't mention it," Lulu replied with
"We'll just have to wait then," Lulu sighed.Nicole smiled, a curve playing on her lips. "Don't worry about it anymore. Mom mentioned this morning that Steve might not be able to come to the office for a while. So, I was thinking of handing over Steve's responsibilities to you.""Oh, sure," Lulu readily agreed, understanding that Sally must be close to her due date."You've had some experience with Steve's tasks before, and we haven't involved him in any new projects lately. So, taking over shouldn't be a problem for you," Nicole reasoned, feeling that Lulu was the right choice."Don't worry, I can handle it." Knowing that Steve would soon be on leave, she had already prepared herself to take over his duties.She had also thought it through—there was so much going on in the company, and with Nicole needing to deal with Everett's matters, taking some of the load off seemed like the only thing she could do."That's the best. When Steve comes back from his leave, he should be able t
Everett's eyes narrowed slightly as he was aware that Patricia was no simple character. Given her statement, he wondered whether it was a psychological tactic or if they possessed other evidence.It was clear that Ellar was at a disadvantage, yet their insistence on following legal procedures made him feel somewhat uneasy, concerned he might have overlooked something."Fine, let's proceed with legal action. I'm calling the police right now," Ellar said, clutching the document Everett had given him. This was evidence, after all.A flicker of unease crossed Everett's mind, sensing something was amiss.With a slight narrowing of his eyes, Everett asked again in a serious tone, "Are you sure about this?""Hmph, we'll see," Ellar responded, unwilling to show weakness.Everett forced himself to remain calm, knowing he wouldn't get a resolution today and had no choice but to leave.Casting a meaningful glance at Ellar, Everett could only say, "Next time we meet, I hope you can still sm
"How did it go, smoothly?" Lulu asked Patricia with a smile, clearly expecting that everything had gone according to plan."It's going smoothly so far," Patricia recounted the details before adding, "I came here to double-check if we need to make any changes to our plan."Nicole's eyes narrowed slightly, her gaze turning thoughtful. "No need."At this point, it was all about psychological warfare. Given Everett's suspicions, he was likely to have Doretta keep an eye on Ellar. As long as Doretta relayed information that Everett expected to see, there was no need for them to alter their strategy.Everything now depended on Ellar. Doretta would surely report his every move to Everett, who would use this information to decide his next steps.As long as Ellar acted as predicted, Everett would proceed with his plans, and their opportunity would arise."So, what we need to do now is still wait?" Lulu asked, slightly furrowing her brows."Yes," Nicole nodded. "But this time, the wait wo
"Right," Lulu nodded in agreement. If two people could find happiness together, that truly was enough.Meanwhile, Everett had returned to his company.Upon entering his office, Everett asked with a dark expression, "Any news?""Doretta mentioned that Ellar doesn't seem as composed as he appeared. It's likely he was just putting on an act in front of you. After we left, Patricia immediately went to Riddle Corporation, probably to discuss their strategy," Jerry reported."Hmph," Everett gritted his teeth. "Keep a close eye on Ellar."The more he thought about today's events, the stranger they seemed. Ellar appeared genuinely unconcerned about BayCorp, even challenging him to a lawsuit. 'Is he really not afraid?'"Hexton has already relayed the message to her. She'll send any news immediately," Jerry responded.Everett sat down, his gaze dark and thoughtful.Now that he had control over BayCorp, Ellar seemed unwilling to compromise. 'Does Ellar want to give up BayCorp for Nicole,
Deep down, Ellar knew that they couldn't keep their situation a secret much longer, but selfishly, he thought, 'if we can sustain it for one more day, then why not?'He was aware that this was all a dream for him, and there would come a time to wake up, so he wished to dream a little longer.Patricia looked at Ellar, her lips slightly bitten in hesitation, unsure of what to do.Then came a knock at the door, and both of them turned to look."Ellar, Patricia." Doretta stood at the doorway, hesitating as if wanting to come in but appearing somewhat awkward."What is it?" Ellar internally clenched his teeth but maintained a neutral tone."It's about some work..." Doretta glanced toward Patricia, seeming a bit troubled.Understanding the cue, Patricia looked at Ellar. "I'll step out then.""Then what we were discussing is settled," Ellar quickly added.Patricia gave Ellar a look, but couldn't refuse in front of Doretta, so she left.Ellar's lips curled slightly; he took that as P
"Yeah, we're going to pick up Nolan and Lana," Nicole replied with a light smile.Lulu remembered. "Oh right, Stanley and Tia went to take their prewedding photos."The two were finally getting their happily ever after, and another joyful event was being prepared at home.Leaving the company, Jared was waiting for Nicole, but Spencer hadn't arrived yet. Lulu said, "You go ahead. I'll wait a bit longer; Spencer should be here soon.""Alright." After agreeing, Nicole got into the car and left first.The car started and headed toward the kindergarten.After watching Nicole drive off, Lulu looked down the street, waiting. After a while, Spencer's car arrived."Sorry, there was some trouble on the road, so it got a bit jammed," Spencer explained after parking.Lulu got into the car, smiling lightly. "It's okay. I haven't been waiting long.""Where do you want to go for dinner?" Spencer asked Lulu.Lulu thought for a moment and then suggested, "How about we go home? We can invite J