The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 1388

Nikolai jumped up to greet James as soon as he saw him walk in, his face lighting up with a barely contained joy. "James!" he exclaimed.

"Hey, Nikolai," James replied with a polite nod, noting that Nikolai seemed to be in good spirits-not at all like someone who was under the weather.

As Nikolai motioned for James to take a seat, he said, "I really should have been the one to visit you at your place. I feel bad that you had to come all this way to see me."

After speaking, he paused for a moment, then turned to ask Dane to check if dinner was ready in the kitchen.

Dane, maintaining a neutral expression that gave nothing away, glanced at James before heading to the dining room. In the past, he might have used this chance to chat and build rapport with someone from the Shepherd family, but now, after spending so much time with Presley, he figured the Shepherds weren't all that special.

Once Dane was out of the room, Nikolai turned back to James, lowering his voice. "By the way, James, are you feeling any better now?"

asking," James replied, returning Nikolai's gaze with

feeling a bit unsettled. He'd been wanting to catch up with James privately, but Dane had

was surprised that James had gone out of his way to

Nikolai smiled again. "With Mirabella around, I'm sure everything's fine. By

James echoed, shaking his head. "Doesn't ring

pharmaceutical association; maybe he just slipped under your

with a shrug, then

before saying, "He seems to have

Let's eat and chat," Dane called out, cutting Nikolai off as he returned

stopped himself, stood up, and signaled to James, "Let's eat

James nodded in agreement.

might not have recognized the name, Wyatt had come across it while digging into Mr. Boyd's affairs. He'd O discovered that the chaos within the pharmaceutical association was linked to someone with

into it at