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.

his phone

have we known

"Twenty-some years."

tense as Victor leaned against

these years, you still fidget with things when

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! Cold

out a

more bizarre, as if all the oxygen had been

room.

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 make him pay? I'm wondering if someone in the Adams family might be stirring

paused to chuckle. "Aren't you a screenwriter? Your acting could use some work." Alex immediately relaxed, punching Victor's shoulder as his voice trembled. "Fuck, you nearly gave me a heart attack! I woke up hearing you arrange surveillance on the

a smile. "Feeling better

was too tense over Paul's death, he'd created this diversion. A rubber band stretched too

into Kai. The Adams family has

complicated, and Paul's friendship with Raymond was no secret. Someone striking now could easily connect Paul's death with Raymond's departure, allowing

terrible," he called to Alex. "Go home and rest. If you

Make sure you're on Ne5s.com to catch every

several bottles labeled