Chapter 1373


    Nicole lifted her head to look at Jared after hearing his question.


    Then, coldly, she asked him another question, "Have you forgotten about everythingst night?"


    "I remember some of it, but I have no idea how I got back," Jared replied with a hint of guilt in his voice.


    "Max sent you home," Nicole told him.


    Jared ran through his memories and vaguely remembered this happening.


    ''Seems like she noticed the lipstick stain on my face, and that''s probably why I was left in the living


    room to sleep"


    Even though Jared was not happy about what she did, he figured Nicole should be feeling worse.


    "About what happenedst night, I can exin."


    Jared peered at Nicole with a sincere look on his face.


    "It''s fine.I''ve got to go to work now.You should make something to eat for breakfast."


    Then, Nicole stood up and left the table.


    "Nicole..."


    Despite Jared calling her name, Nicole did not stop walking as she went straight out the door.


    Anger flooded Jared''s veins as he stared at Nicole''s car driving away from the mansion.


    ''How did I get drunk? And how did that lipstick stain get on my face?"


    Jared put on his jacket, got in his car, and drove to the office.


    There, Max stood before Jared.


    "What happenedst night? I want to know everything in detail." Jared said.


    Not wanting Jared to worry aboutst night''s incident, Max tried to hide it from him.


    "Mr.Johnston, nothing happened.You should take a look at the documents first."


    "Tell me," Jared said without emotion.


    Max noticed his tone, so he told Jared everything that had happened the previous night.


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    The more Jared heard, the angrier he got.He was not expecting Fiore to set him up like this at all.


    Fortunately, Max was sharp enough to get him out of there.


    Otherwise, Fiore likely would have taken advantage of him.


    "Did Nicole take care of me after you sent me home?" Jared asked, looking at Max.


    "Yes, sir.Ms.Nicole was the only one in the mansion."


    "Got it.Get back to work now."


    Jared treated Fiore like a friend, and he even gave her a bottle of wine as a gift.He did not expect


    that she would drug him at all.He recalled clearly that he had started to lose consciousness after


    drinking the wine she handed him.He just did not know if there was something wrong with the wine or if


    Fiore had done something to the ss.


    Jared mmed his fist on the table angrily.


    "That damn woman!"


    ‘There''s no way I''m going to be her partner anymore.She can only me herself for this"


    Meanwhile, Zeke sent Nicole a message as soon as she arrived at the office.


    [Are you there?]


    [Yeah.Why are you contacting me through this?] Nicole felt it was strange that Zeke used an encrypted


    channel to text her.


    [Abort mission.I was exposed, and I escaped to a safe ce for now.Could you take over and get it


    done for me?]


    ''Things were all good just a few days ago.Why is Zeke suddenly getting hunted down now?''


    [Hide well and stay low.Can''t you just carry on with the mission after some time? I don''t have the


    energy to take on such a high-risk mission right now.]


    [Okay, but I have a favor to ask.Please help meplete this mission if you ever hear about my death.I


    genuinely hope you can help me.]