Nicole dithered for a little, but since there would be an elder being present, she agreed.After getting into the car, she saw Nachelle on the phone."Hurry up and terminate Chloe's contract with us. The mess between her and her manager has nothing to do with us.""No need to foot the medical fees either. Let her kick and scream as she likes.""As for the media report, ignore it for now. Use it to drive attention for a bit before clarifying the matter."When Nicole heard that, she felt that Nachelle was a wily schemer.Chloe was about to get terminated and the trending news of her fall was still being used to drive traffic and attention to the show...She was a pitiful one, really.She had done everything to get into the cast, and yet she did not appreciate the opportunity. Nachelle would definitely take back something from the time she had wasted on Chloe.After hanging up, Nachelle looked at Nicole. "Chloe's still your cousin, after all. You won't get mad with what I said ab
"Okay." Nicole nodded her head and lowered her head to look at the menu.The fourth lady by her side peered over, watching the scene before her as she helped herself to a snicker. "Lloyd, it's a rare sight for you to be so courteous to others. Is Nicole a woman with a special place in your heart?""Oh yeah! Lloyd has always been afraid of getting into scandals with the female leads and keeps them at arm's length."As the comments from everyone piled in, Nicole's discomfort gradually grew, but Lloyd, on the other hand, was inexplicably pleased. Everyone knew why and so did Nicole.As expected, Lloyd was very happy that everyone was discussing about Nicole and him being together.As Nicole noticed that Lloyd did not refute any of their claims, she spoke up, and in an icy tone, she said, "Guys, please don't make jokes like these too casually."Nicole was young in age, but all of her features possessed an inexplicably captivating quality about them. Her daring eyebrows and eyes were
The atmosphere became intensely awkward at that instant. However, it seemed that Nicole was the only one who had not been able to sense it.After receiving a new plate from the waiter, she turned to smile at Lloyd and said, "Sorry about that. I'm a bit of a clean freak."A pang of shock surged through everyone present in the room. Everyone was utterly taken aback with the notion that Nicole would express her disgust with the best actor, Lloyd Holder!Everyone in the room was all the more appalled when Nicole said that she was a clean freak, which was the reason for her disgust toward Lloyd. Furthermore, Lloyd had not expected that Nicole would be so brazen with her rejection of him in public. He had thought that Nicole would at least not make him look bad in public, given their many years of friendship between them.Lloyd fell silent once Nicole had embarrassed him in public. He could not help himself from clenching his fork in his hand.Then, he forced a stiff smile and said, "My
The overall time Nicole had spent, including the waiting time it took for the food to be served, as well as the time she had spent interacting with others, did not exceed 20 minutes.Nachelle was left perplexed for a moment as she was the director and the host for the night. She was taken aback by the fact that Nicole had made such comments about the food and would attempt to leave just like that.Lloyd, who was looking at Nicole, felt a surge of pain in his temples. 'Nicole has always been like this. In the past, no matter how important the person was, she would just walk out on them if they piss her off. My mother had employed an aggressive tone when talking to Nicole. She must've been fed up with it.'"Okay, let me see you off," Lloyd said."Lloyd Holder!!!" Nachelle belted, unable to believe her eyes and ears as she watched her son offering to see Nicole off.'How shameless of him!' she fumed."Mom, please take your time to enjoy your meal. I'm almost done with mine, so I'll
Lloyd looked at Jared before mustering up his courage to speak. "This is a part of the job. Besides, it's late. I was worried that she might be hungry."Jared smiled, "There's no need for you to worry about whether my fiancé is hungry or not. I will bring her out when she's hungry.'Jared went on to bop Nicole's nose and give her an Eskimo's kiss. "Next time, when you're hungry, please tell me. I'll bring something delicious for you."Nicole smiled as she thought, 'He's jealous, but then again, he looks kind of cute.'"Let us go. Bye Lloyd."Not wanting to linger, Nicole quickly bade farewell to Lloyd. Once again, Lloyd could only stand there helplessly as he watched Nicole and Jared driving off together. His eyes darkened.'I've put in so much effort just so Nicole could notice me but...up until now, Nicole has never viewed me as a man. She only has her eyes on him. Perhaps it's because we haven't seen each other in a long time, and that was what led them into meeting each other
Jared would not let go of Nicole until she had arrived at the entrance of the Riddle's residence. When they had arrived, Nicole's hair was a little messy, and her lipstick had been smudged.Jared helped her out by wiping the smudges on the corners of her mouth before planting another kiss on her forehead."I'll stay in the house next to yours tonight," Jared said."Huh? What do you mean?" Nicole was taken aback."I've moved into our new home."Upon saying that, Jared motioned Nicole to take a look at the house they had planned to live in after their wedding. The lights at the house were already on.Nicole felt a surge of warmth radiating through her chest as she thought, 'We're one step closer...'"If you have not eaten dinner...I would have asked you out for supper." Jared pouted coquettishly.Nicole had never seen Jared acting this way, perhaps except when he was asleep, during which he would look like a baby."I didn't eat much earlier, I just nibbled on some food."Catchi
"Since when has he become so generous?" she asked."No, I bought this for my girlfriend. Why should I let other people pay for it?" Jared arrogantly said.Even if the two robots were Carl's pretentious wedding gift for the two of them, Jared would not have agreed to the proposal so easily.Nicole smiled wryly. 'This dude really is full of himself, but I like it.'After all, Nicole had gotten used to Jared's arrogance by now. The two of them sat down while sipping on the coffee brought over by the robot.Nicole took a sip on the coffee and to her surprise, 'It tastes exactly like the coffee Jared makes for me!'"How does it taste like? Does it taste like the coffee I always brew?" he asked.Nicole raised her eyebrows. "The taste is very similar!"Jared pursed his lips proudly. "Of course it's similar, I have keyed in all of the ratios."Nicole smiled. "This way, we'll both be able to sit down and have coffee together in the future.""Yeah," Jared said before taking another sip
Jared's expression showed obvious disappointment, but he knew that Nicole must have been exhausted, and thus, he replied, "Okay. I'll send you to school from now on."Nicole hesitated for a moment. However, after noting that her brothers would probably not mind this, she smiled sweetly and said, "Okay."Jared got up contentedly and walked Nicole out the door. Though their mansions were right next to each other, with their villas located adjacent to one another's, the distance between them was still quite far. The sides of the road were patched over with the front gardens of the two mansions, and the lighting on the street was very bright too. The two of them walked took a stroll on the pavement like a couple, hand in hand.Nicole noticed that the scenery in front of their house was breathtaking and magnificent, and as they arrived at the Riddle Residence, Nicole felt that the walk home was far too short.She looked at Jared with reluctance and said, "You should get back home quickl