But Harvey looked at her with a sneer. "Nicole is really going all out to be nominated as president."Nicole glanced over at him. "Well, it's definitely better than some creepy guy who throws his weight around."Harvey knew that Nicole was talking about him. His expression turned even darker, but his smile, which was exceedingly intimidating, remained.However, everyone could already relate to Nicole after she had delivered that speech. 'If Harvey becomes president, he's going to talk to us like this all the time...'Then, their hearts settled, and they made their decision.Edwin then started counting the votes and soon, the results were clear: 60% of the members had voted for Nicole.Harvey's face darkened for a split second when he saw the voting results on the board, but his expression was soon replaced with fascination. "Not bad, not bad indeed... Since that's what you want, Nicole is now the president of the student union."'Seems like there are a lot of people who are afra
Edwin was left frightened when Harvey glared at him. "I-I thought she wouldn't win, and I didn't want her to be embarrassed, and that's why I voted for her. I didn't expect her to win. But even if I voted for you, you wouldn't win either, don't you think?"Indeed, he really did not think that Nicole would win...'Honestly, Harvey looks even ghastlier than he was last semester.'Harvey glared at Edwin with fury, but he knew that he was just stating facts. He did not lose just by one vote. He had really underestimated Nicole's position in their hearts. She was a mere high-schooler, and yet, everyone truly believed in her."But why do you suddenly want to be the president? Didn't you stay out of this because you didn't want the criticism?" Edwin asked.As Harvey was the principal's grandson, he did not join much of the activities to avoid unnecessary disputes. He only joined the student union because he was the class representative.He rolled his eyes at Edwin and after some time, h
'Why did he become Harvey's pawn after he had gone out?' Nicole wondered.However, Edwin smiled at Nicole innocently, and because of this she could not condemn him. After all, he had no idea about what happened between her and Harvey.Back then, Harvey was nice at times, and she even thought that they could be friends. But now, they truly could not go back to the way it used to be.Even though that was the case, she could not stop the members from finalizing the decision, so she said, "Well then, according to your assessments, Harvey Ellison will be the vice president. Whatever the former president had not managed to complete, please discuss it with me. As for the new tasks, please hand them over to Harvey for now.""Okay!" everyone said in unison.Still, Harvey was sharp enough to recognize that Nicole was implying that they would be minding their own business, and would therefore not be working with each other. 'What a nice plan, but I won't let her succeed.'"Yeah, but this ye
If Nicole had not realized that his intentions were dangerous and would put him in a frenzy from time to time, she would not have been this harsh to him too."But I don't just want us to be friends!" he bellowed.Rather than being friends forever, he could... steal her from Jared and keep her by his side.Nicole's eyes darkened at once. "Fine, this is your choice. Suit yourself. Stop annoying me, or else... I won't be this nice to you next time!"He had committed a truly egregious act in the banquet merely days ago, and if they were not in the school, Nicole would have already beaten him up.Yet, even as Nicole turned around to walk away from him, Harvey still followed from behind. "Do you hate me that much? You don't even want to work with me?""Yes," Nicole responded quickly, breaking his heart along the way."What am I to you?" Harvey asked with a look of sorrow on his face.Nicole did not have time for his feelings, and so, she uttered, "Nothing."That was the only way for
Nicole scoffed. "I can't see any sincerity in him at all. How could he send his little brother to talk to me?"Besides, Ryder was pretty skillful himself, and Nicole wanted to know more about him because he might come in handy.Nonetheless, she stopped thinking about that and went downstairs to exit the building, and that was when she heard someone shouting at her before they could even make their way to the school gate. "Nicole, stand right there!"Nicole knew that it was Ryder judging by his voice. However, she ignored him and kept walking.Ryder got so mad that he came off his high horse as a senior and rushed up to her to stand in her way. "Stop!"Other students who were still on campus shifted their gaze at them at that instant.They probably knew how embarrassed Ryder was in the morning, but they were not expecting to find Ryder with a band-aid on his nose bridge. Worse still, the band-aid really did make him look funny.Nicole looked at him coldly, after which, she lifted
Ryder took the USB drive and his eyes immediately widened. "Automatic operation?"'She isn't sh*tting me, right?''How can an antivirus program work automatically once it's inserted into a USB slot?'"Don't believe me? Give it back then," Nicole said as she reached to take the USB drive back.But Ryder immediately pulled his hand back. "I believe you!"He was absolutely desperate already."Alright, I'll be heading off first then. Remember, you owe me one. And you can't refuse me if I need your help in the future." Nicole gave him a playful glance.Ryder could only sigh. "Got it."'This Nicole, she's a total vixen. She set this virus up on me and now, in exchange, she wants me to help her in undoing the damage.'But for the project data he had inside his laptop, he could only agree to that.Without thinking about it any further, Ryder hurriedly left the school, got into his car and left.Looking at Ryder seemingly scampering away, Nicole could not help but snigger. "The pro g
"You've never thought of targeting them, but you didn't think letting them have allowed them to get stronger? Now even we are being affected by that!" Dillon growled. "What do you plan to do about this? My project got taken away by the Fisher family and I've lost close to a million! Damien lost even more."When Dillon said that, he did not forget to use Damien as ammunition as well.Seeing that the two were clearly here to cause trouble, Sean hissed somewhat angrily, "There's always ups and downs in business. My father hadn't anticipated this and you're now pushing the blame on him, Uncle Dillon?"When Dillon heard that, he blew his top. "What do you mean by that? You're saying I'm pushing my responsibility to him?"Karen, who had followed Dillon here, initially did not want to speak, but seeing that her husband was on the back foot, she could not help but interject. "Who's actually pushing their responsibility aside is still up in the air! If you two weren't butting heads with the
Immediately, everyone realized that Nicole had a point!'Yeah, they suffered losses because of their own incompetence, and now they're blaming it on us?'Damien noticed his name being dragged into the mud and could not stay silent. He said coldly, "Nicole, you don't understand what's going on in the company. The Fisher family had recently contacted our partners leading to their turn. And all in all, the one in conflict with the Fisher family is your family, and both your Uncle Dillon and I suffered collateral damage. This you can't deny."When Damien put it that way, Dillon poured more fuel into the fire. "Damien's right. If you didn't make enemies out of the Fisher family, our projects would've been intact! Why are your family's issues affecting us?"As soon as those words came out, Nicole's eyes turned dark as her entire aura caused the air in the room to turn icy.Sensing that Nicole was displeased, Mr. Riddle Sr. could only sigh. "Enough. What are you arguing for? You're all b