Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 1319 Feeling a Bit More Relaxed?

The office remained silent. No one answered.

Half the curtain was obscured by a cabinet, hiding the window seat.

Victor pulled out his phone and dialed Alex. No ringtone sounded in the quiet office.

He hung up and closed the door again.

After the door shut a second time, Alex lifted the edge of the curtain. The heavy drapes were designed to keep Victor's rest area pitch black regardless of how bright it was outside.

As he peered out, his eyes met those of the man still standing in the office. Victor hadn't left after closing the door-he'd remained inside.

Alex, who had assumed Victor had departed when he heard the door close, managed a smile and rubbed his eyes.

"When did you come back?" he asked with a fake yawn, climbing down from the window seat, pretending he'd just woken up.

Victor studied him for several seconds. "You slept here all night?"

"Yeah. Paul's death hit me hard. Accidentally fell asleep on the window seat-my back's killing me now." He forced another yawn, squeezing out tears at the corners of his eyes.

He checked his phone screen and raised his eyebrows.

have we known each

"Twenty-some years."

as Victor

all these years, you still

The silence became deafening.

his hands, realizing in horror that after mentioning twenty years, he'd put his phone in his pocket-his hands were empty!

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the Adams clan might be involved. Remember how Paul's cousin Kai nearly got into a fight with him

you arrange surveillance on the Adams family, and my brain filled in the rest-a longtime friend turns out to be the villain. How was I supposed to stay calm? Fuck! I never knew you had this

mouth twitched into a smile.

Paul's death, he'd created this diversion. A rubber band

patted his shoulder. "I'll look into Kai. The Adams family

striking now could easily connect Paul's death with Raymond's departure, allowing

called to Alex. "Go home and rest. If you can't sleep, take some melatonin-right side of my desk. Helps

you're on Ne5s.com to catch every twist and turn.

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