Chapter 273

Nicoles's POV

"Don't you have anywhere else to drink tea?" I asked the annoying figure who casually drank the tea and put it back down, looking at me without saying anything for a while.

He finally shook his head. "No, there isn't. It's nice here, and I also have an appointment with Richard today."

I sighed, looking the other way so as not to have to look at the face of the man who always annoyed me. Again, he came to our house and forced me to meet following a father-son meeting that shouldn't have involved me.

We were in the garden inside the house with a circular table set up with three pairs of chairs. Two glasses of hot chocolate and a tea had been placed in front of each of us since earlier. The tantalizing aroma of the drinks helped me calm down.

My father was away on business, while Richard was the reason I could be here with the man I hated.

"Mom, don't get too upset at that stupid man, " my son said between the cups of warm chocolate he held, drinking a little at a time. Jus