Chapter 1652


Chapter 1652:

Pivoting to leave, Leland glimpsed Corrine wielding a slipper, clearly having just swatted an intruding insect.

The unfortunate bug lay smashed against the wall.

Corrine’s earlier words suddenly replayed in his mind, unleashing perhaps the most excruciating embarrassment of his entire existence. Especially considering the accusatory attitude he’d harbored toward Nate…

Shame-faced, he cast a furtive glance at the man, relieved that Nate seemed unbothered.

Downstairs, Carl sipped his coffee with feigned casualness, his eyes darting repeatedly toward Nate.

The hour had grown late, yet the man showed no signs of departing. Could he possibly be intending to stay the night?

Carl set his cup down deliberately and drew a theatrical breath.

“Oh, it’s already past nine. How time escapes us.”

the three men seated across

Jules spoke up.

late. I must retire—an early

had no intention

Nate’s research team, making any slight against him a luxury they could ill


in mounting

silence, Jayden finally

Hopkins, considering the hour,

fixing Jayden with an inscrutable stare. In that piercing moment, Jayden’s mind emptied completely, and his sentence veered

“Stay here tonight.”

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Carl’s and Waldo’s contemptuous stares boring

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