Chapter 129

Nicole's POV

I thought the matter was over when I was about to ask Matthew and Richard to leave, but Jayden was still talking and made me stop my steps.

"Were you going to keep acting like you didn't know me up until this point, Nicole? Really?" He asked, raising his voice so that I could hear him, as well as the two men I was holding in my arms.

I felt my hands trembling, but I tried to hide it by grasping their hands tighter and refrained from replying to the man's words. There was no point in me responding to Jayden's words when they would turn out to be something he could use.

I looked down, speaking softly so that only Richard and Matthew could hear me. "Come on, already, just ignore it."

I started stepping on them, but the man still didn't give up. "Oh, he's the man who is the father of your child, right? The new guy by your side that I don't know at all."

Matthew immediately turned around, provoked by Jayden's words that were clearly directed at him. "Sir, you should have kept