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. "You

how long have

"Twenty-some years."

grew tense as Victor

years, you still fidget

The silence became deafening.

hands, realizing in horror that after mentioning twenty years, he'd put his phone in his

a

grew even more bizarre, as if all the oxygen had been sucked

room.

still light. "What's going through your head? I was calling my family to investigate whether someone from the Adams clan might be involved. Remember how Paul's cousin Kai nearly got into a fight with him at that family dinner? Threatened to

voice trembled. "Fuck, you nearly gave me a heart attack! I woke up hearing you arrange surveillance on the Adams

a smile.

he was too tense over Paul's death, he'd created this

Adams family has always been chaotic, and others are suspicious

secret. Someone striking now could easily connect Paul's death with Raymond's departure, allowing the real mastermind to remain perfectly hidden. Victor removed his coat

"Go home and rest. If you can't sleep, take some melatonin-right side of

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