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Ex-Lover's Regret Chapter 197
Nicole's POVI was so surprised when I saw that the person pulling Smith away from me was Chris. The man looked angry, staring at the old man who chuckled as he also looked at the figure who had suddenly pulled his hand away."What are you doing here?" The man asked the person in front of him.The old man who had looked annoyed earlier smiled wryly, looking unperturbed and seemingly relaxed. "What are you talking about? I just wanted to say hello to my daughter."I felt nauseous when the old man started talking about his longing for me, stories of the past that never really existed, but he made it seem like it really happened between us.My body trembled, wanting to stop the man's words, which were far more hurtful than his original attitude, but I was unable to speak other than remaining silent on the spot.Smith was again pulled by the man, but he did not give up easily and tried to break free. The difference in body size was not that great, but the old man clearly did not have the
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Nicole's POV"Ugh!" I held my aching head, feeling the prickles radiating from there until I had to close my eyes for a moment and squeeze my hair.Someone touched my shoulder, slightly distracting me from the pain. "Nicole, are you okay? You look like you're in pain."I didn't say anything for a while. I hadn't had a headache like this in a long time, so it surprised me. I wasn't sure what caused it, but I didn't want to make the man I was with feel worried when we met again after so many busy days."I'm fine." I tried to smile, looking at Matthew who seemed to be staring at me intently.He didn't seem to believe what I was saying, which was unconvincing when the pain was still engulfing me.The man frowned, still looking at me skeptically. "How about we do an examination for you, Nicole? You seem to be getting a lot of headaches these days. I'm worried about you."I kind of regretted telling him about my headache symptoms when we didn't see each other, but even without that, we also
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Nicole's POV"Ah, the weather is so nice." I smiled, looking up at the open sky around the clear river as I tucked my hair out of the way of the wind.We had already climbed into one of the boats, and Matthew had just pushed our boat from the edge of the river until it began to sail with the gentle current in the center. I noticed the man's gaze watching me, so I turned my head and saw him nod, returning my smile.He looked up at the sky like I did before for a few moments, smiling brightly when he looked back at me. "Both the sky and the air are perfect for our date. I'm glad."The man started rowing, following the current until the boat we were on moved on and didn't stay in place for too long. I watched my lover sitting on the other side of the boat, holding both oars and moving slowly. I could see his muscles moving as he rowed the boat.I just knew that the shirt the man was wearing would affect me in this way.".... Nicole? Nicole?" I blinked, realizing that the bespectacled man
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Nicole's POVMatthew drove me home after our date. His car had stopped in front of my house, but he hadn't unlocked the door yet, and I didn't really want to say goodbye to him. He smiled softly, coming closer to me, and I closed my eyes automatically.He kissed my cheek for a moment. "Bye, Nicole.""See you soon." I returned his smile and finally stepped out of the car, holding back my excitement when he did something sweet and surprising to me.I was just about to digest and consider kissing her back when I realized that something had been watching me all along. I turned my head and immediately froze. My gaze found Richard there, near the inner garden of the house and not far from my position, still holding the car door.He just stayed there without saying anything. I could see him staring at my lover in the car, then at me, who could do nothing but stand still. My eyes were fluttering, trying to think of something to do about it, but nothing came to mind."What's wrong, Nicole?" I
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Nicole's POVMy sweet boy's request... I smiled softly, enjoying the tranquil atmosphere in a place rarely visited by many people on a typical day. It was just me, Richard, and Key here, while the rest was nature, with a meadow with some trees and a lake not far from us.I know that my son has a soft heart. He doesn't often show it to others overtly but always surprises me with his actions. Like this time. I had guessed that he would ask me to take him to a robot exhibition, but it turned out that he asked for something more straightforward. A picnic by the lake.Richard was a few steps away from me, teaching his robot dog to do various things with his voice and a few hand gestures, while I sat on the mat prepared by our assistant, watching my excited son."Doggy, fetch!" He exclaimed, throwing a wooden branch found among the grass.The robot dog barked with static and ran fast enough to pick up the branch and return it to my son. He did this a few times, then switched to teaching the
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Nicole's POVThe opening day of the resort built by the Thompson Family arrived. As he had said a few days ago, I intended to come with Matthew to pick me up from home. He had given me the news from last night so that I could prepare the few things I needed."Are you ready?" The bespectacled man asked me who had just inhaled and exhaled deeply.We had just arrived at the center of the event, the parking lot downstairs. With so many cars around us, I had no idea how many people were present.I felt nervous and shook my head automatically, looking at him with slightly trembling eyes. "I'm not ready, Matthew," I admitted.He chuckled, taking my hand in his to calm me down. "Feeling a little nervous is okay. There's still me, right?"I nodded. I knew that, too, but still, today was quite important for us. Besides the opening ceremony, there was one other thing that would be done at this party, which involved the continuation of our family relationship. I wanted to feel more relaxed and co
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Nicole's POVAfter we finished the hot and excellent activity, I still felt the residual heat in my body. Although the man claimed that today was his first time doing this with me, I thought that he was the type of person who learned too quickly by practising directly.My face was slightly flushed as I recalled each of his hot touches on my body and the moment of our union. I quickly breathed in and out a few times to calm myself down, trying to eliminate that thought with my goal after this."Where are you going, Nicole?" the heavy voice of the man with glasses rang out.I didn't answer right away, still searching for my underwear and dress scattered on the room floor with the pile of clothes. "I want to go back.""Back?" He repeated my words with confusion.I didn't think much of it, entirely focused on not letting my mind wander again. I quickly put on all the clothes I found to cover my body, then turned to the mirror to tidy up my makeup and hair, which looked quite messy after o
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Chris' POVI gripped my phone tightly, swiping the screen slowly as I finished reading the news paragraph. I then pressed the video link at the article's bottom, taking my phone screen to another app.The video rotated. I skipped past the part about the opening of another family business that I didn't want to know about and went straight to the beautiful Nicole and the jerk next to her. It stated that they were now officially engaged."What the hell?" I took a shaky breath, unable to believe the information I had accidentally found. "This can't be serious."I pressed the button on my phone screen to redirect me back to the article. The names of the Duncan and Thompson Families were listed there, as was the name of the ignorant man at the centre of this article. I saw Nicole's name tucked in there, as well as the word fiancé," which was a blur to my eyes.Most of the comments congratulated the couple I didn't want to recognise. I couldn't read all the comments, which felt like they wer
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Nicole's POVI have received the gift given by the man's secretary. Evan. I wanted to refuse, but the man, whose age was not far from Key's, looked really pitiable and almost pleading as he spoke to me."Miss Nicole, I'm sorry, but if you don't accept this gift then I will get in trouble from Mr. Chris," he said.I stared at the man without saying much. I obviously had my reservations, staring at the two gifts that seemed unremarkable at first glance. Still, considering Chris's proposal and the answer I gave him temporarily, the situation was clearly different.He told me to take as much time as possible to come up with a final answer to his proposal. Still, in the end, he acted arbitrarily, like he was pressuring me to give him the answer immediately by giving me something like this.The secretary seemed to see my intentions and quickly returned to pleading before me. "Miss Nicole, please do me a favor just this once. Mr. Chris has already sought several opportunities to remove me fr
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Chris' POVArriving in the car, I sighed.All my strength seemed to be drained, and I allowed myself to just lean back on the seat, loosening the tie that suddenly felt like it was strangling my neck. My gaze was only fixed in front of me, on the road that began to pass by faster after the car sped up.My secretary finally spoke. "Were you rejected?"I looked at the man. He had helped me prepare for today's proposal, including decorations, rings, and various other things that were supposed to be done after the proposal, but that didn't happen with me leaving first.She was crying, and I didn't really have the guts to look at Mr. Duncan and my son. Aside from my mixed feelings, I just followed in my footsteps, which led me out of the place and away from the miserable feeling."You seem to really like the fact that Nicole rejected me," I finally said, sounding as cold as I felt toward the man who was still driving.She didn't say anything.I exhaled, feeling a tightness in my chest that
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Nicole's POVChris was silent. I could see that he seemed to be processing my words, but I wasn't done talking. There was still something I wanted to tell him."Until now, I've been confused by the feelings I have for you, Mr. Grant."I clasped my hands together tightly. "If I were to accept your proposal without thinking, it would not only make me look like I'm playing you, but also betray my own uncertain feelings."As I said, I felt very mixed after hearing and seeing his attitude during his proposal.There were feelings of joy, sadness, hatred, and hope, all in equal measure, that confused me.On the one hand, I liked this proposal in the deepest part, which I buried deeply. Still, I also couldn't let go of the thing that had kept me alive all these years after his betrayal by leaving me and the evil deeds of my old family.I didn't want revenge, but the residual feelings were still there, as were my feelings for the man in front of me.Both had the same deep impression on me duri
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Nicole's POVAs I walked in, I could see the restaurant's decor, which looked like a very romantic place. Like I saw outside, no one was inside except me and my assistant.We walked in together, he walking behind me, but I was busy with my thoughts. My brain seemed to be spinning rapidly, and I was thinking about this strange thing as best I could.My father had deliberately directed me to this restaurant for dinner. Still, that man was nowhere to be seen, nor was Richard and whoever was supposed to be in this restaurant to serve us. The deserted atmosphere added to the aggravation of my thoughts and the additional fear of the unusual situation.I swallowed, wondering, even as I followed the lit candles still guiding our path. Why is the restaurant in this state? Shouldn't we have gathered and enjoyed dinner by now?I already felt that my father, my son, and everything that happened today were acting strangely. I have absolutely no idea what's going on. It really felt like I was walki
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Nicole's POVI looked at my father, who had been watching me since earlier. I ignored it at first, but after a while, I got curious and finally asked him. "Is there something you want to talk to me about, Father?"He shook his head, smiling slightly with eyes that seemed to sparkle. "No, no. I'm just happy to see that you've been in good spirits lately."I smiled back at him, although I also thought that my father's attitude was quite strange. I didn't feel as excited as he said, just as usual. The things my father said were even more applicable to him, who somehow looked radiant.Of course, I felt happy about whatever my father went through because I knew he could behave like that now. After the betrayal of his old friend, I felt that my father became much more reserved and only focused on his work, but now he's become better than that.I finally changed the subject. "Is Richard with that man, Father?"He nodded.Lately, my son has been spending a lot of time with Chris. It was usual
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Nicole's POVI was already in my study, realizing that the thing that happened a moment ago was really happening.The things I felt and the attitude I showed the man... I touched my chest, feeling the pounding of my heart that always became unusual whenever I couldn't control myself, especially when it came to that man. Chris.I didn't know what was wrong with me anymore, feeling messed up and not knowing what to do to fix what had happened."No," I said, with a complementary slap to snap myself out of my current situation. "I need to focus."It wasn't time for me to dwell on whatever feelings were surrounding me and dwell on them. Work was waiting for me, and I couldn't put it off any longer for any reason.I slapped my cheeks repeatedly. Only then could I take my work seriously.I spent most of my days staying out of that man's reach. Sometimes, Chris was at my house for some business, but I still avoided him and didn't show myself to him as much as I could. When I came home, I aske
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Chris' POV"Chris!"A shouting voice rang in my ears. I turned my head and saw a woman running towards me. She immediately hugged me tightly. Smelling the fragrance of her body so close to me and catching a glimpse of her face, I felt certain that the woman in this embrace was Nicole.I looked in the direction the woman had previously run and found several people scattered around the streets, shouting and moving away from each other. This was paving the way for a tree snake that seemed to have escaped from one of the shops in this row of streets.Not far from the snake, two staff members who seemed to be from the shop could be seen chasing the escaping animal with nets and ropes. They looked tense, following the slithering animal's movements on the hot street.The atmosphere was definitely noisy, but I could only feel the fear of the woman who was in my arms and was giving me a tight hug without any warning as if I was her life preserver and didn't want to be let go by her anytime soo
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Chris' POVI felt that my relationship with Nicole was fine, even better than a few weeks ago, even though she sometimes tried to ignore my presence around her.She was becoming more talkative with me about some mundane things that I didn't know would happen so soon. She didn't kick me out anymore, even if I went over her limit, which would usually make her upset and follow her emotions.I still remember when she acted shy when receiving my cheek kiss and her anger at the charity event when I kissed her on the lips. My reactions to those two things were quite different. One was closer to negative because I was in a hurry, while the other was closer to positive, even though they were close in time.Perhaps my thoughts on our current situation were correct.She probably doesn't hate me as much as she used to, and I can also do things that I could never do even if I wanted to. For now, I won't do anything more than the usual touching of a young couple, but even that already makes me happ
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Chris' POVI returned Nicole's widened gaze, feeling a little pleased and proud of myself. "I know, you must be admiring me, right, Nicole?""Are you showing yourself off?" She snorted, changing her previously unseen gaze to what it was now, slightly sharp. "Why would I admire you sitting down?"I noticed the woman who looked a little sullen. I still don't know the reason, but she seemed to be annoyed that I accidentally made her emotional with my out-of-context words.Anyway, I was happy with her attention and unconsciously said whatever came to my mind.I cleared my throat softly, returning the conversation. "If you try, you can do it too, Nicole. Cooperation with Mr. Divo." The woman was still looking sulky. "You might be able to get this deal done first.""I can't." The woman's father suddenly spoke up, looking serious. "If Nicole does that, it will be dangerous for her."The woman seemed to turn her attention to her father, frowning as she asked. "What makes it dangerous for me,
