Chapter 414

Langston choked on his burger, coughing violently!

Everett quickly got up and patted his back, “Easy there, cowboy. Ain’t no one gonna rustle that burger from ya.”

“I’m fine!” Langston waved him off, avoiding Everett’s gaze.

At first, Everett was genuinely concerned about the choking hazard, but Langston’s shifty behavior tipped him off that something was amiss.

He was trying to play it cool, but the more he did, the more it screamed that there was something fishy.

But this time. Everett didn’t go for the direct approach. Instead, he played it off like he hadn’t noticed a thing and finished the meal as if everything was normal.

He knew Langston was onto his old tricks, but there were plenty more tricks up his sleeve.

Let Dorothy start working at the Lopez Corporation first. The rest… well, they would cross that bridge when they come

to it

Jeffrey showed no signs of

throughout his body posed no

was that his

had fainted more than once. Eventually, Huxley had to strong–arm her back to the hotel to

staring at

her arms and

“Huxley.”

when he saw her, though not with the warmth he reserved for Everett.

“Yeah, you’re here.”

to see how Jeffrey’s doing. Is he

on the doc

Huxley, you’re not in the best shape yourself. How about I come by after my shift to keep watch? I’m free anyway.

my boy.” Huxley’s words

But if she were

straight.

caught a fleeting look of discomfort

it was an

you say it yourself? Jeffrey had a habit of sticking his nose in your business with Everett. I’ve told him off for it, but he never listens. Said he considered both of

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