"Lloyd, I've only agreed to do all of this because you've aided me back then. However, you've made me extremely uncomfortable today, and I've decided to stop the shoot for now. Don't worry, I'll repay you what I owe, but in another way," she said.Indeed, it was not like Lloyd's intelligence could not be bought with money. It was just that she had no need for them before. As of now, she no longer wished to cooperate with this insatiable mother-and-son duo. If anyone else could provide her with the intel she needed for a price, she would pay even more money to get it done.At that instant, Lloyd felt a wave of numbing coldness radiating from within."Nicole..." he uttered, still wanting to say something.However, Nicole had already lost her patience. "Let's go. Take me away from here."She was really tired and only wanted to leave this place.Seeing that, Jared held onto Nicole and walked her out in domineering fashion, and as he did so, no one dared to try to stop him, not even N
Sensing that Nicole was a little dejected at that moment, Jared took a deep breath."Perhaps. I don't know what this feeling is. I just feel... very disappointed... in him," she said.She had already made her rejection clear to Lloyd, thinking that he would care about her feelings, and not have any more delusions about her. Yet, what he had done earlier had thoroughly disappointed her.To think that Lloyd would do something like that to her was just painful.Back then, Lloyd was the one who understood her best, as he was her partner since a very young age before Carl even joined. Back then, Lloyd would take note of her feelings, and would never do anything that would make her uncomfortable. But now he had changed...Jared hugged her even harder. "Your disappointment means you have too high a hope for this person. I won't allow you to care about another man."Nicole raised her head in helplessness. "I care about him, but not because of love. In fact, it's not... not even because o
"Always has been." Steve burst out into laughter.Sean was extremely embarrassed and was about to give Steve a punch when Steve telegraphed the hit and quickly got out of the car.The thud of the closing door surprised both Nicole and Jared as they spun around and looked over.Jared was unperturbed but Nicole was blushing hard as she fumbled, "Uh... I'll be heading in first.""Alright." Jared curled his lips gleefully as he watched Nicole speeding off.Seeing that Nicole had left, Steve walked over. "Mr. Jared, your progress is exceptional."Jared raised his eyebrow. "Of course. Mr. Steve, you should learn from me. Be a little more focused and you can get married sooner as well."Hearing that, Steve suddenly felt embarrassed.At the same time, Sean had gotten out of the car and happened to hear that.After he had walked up to Steve, he elbowed his younger brother at the side and said, "Heard that? If you could actually be serious for once, you can be like Mr. Jared too."Stev
Yet, Samuel could not help himself from thinking about June, who was really well dressed that night.Spencer too thought of Lulu and it seemed that he was not opposed to the idea."Stop what? Let's organize a family barbeque this weekend. Nicole, bring those two girls over. Sean and Steve? Invite your previous companions over as well."At that moment, a surge of instant regret flooded Steve. 'Me and my big mouth.'Sean began to feel awkward too, and in resignation, he said, "Mom, Nicole still has filming to do during the weekends."Nicole, however, smiled. "I don't need to film this weekend. If it's for your future, I'll definitely return home for it."The second she said that, all five of her elder brothers looked at her helplessly.In an attempt to steer the conversation, Samuel looked at Stanley and said, "Mom, why are you worried about us and not Stanley?"In reply, Stanley rolled his eyes at them. "My partner is already living here."He had no need to invite anyone. Tia w
"Of course." Nicole raised her eyebrow. "This is your chance. You better be well-prepared for this weekend."The news made Lulu very excited, though she attempted to remain poised anyway. "I... I will..."Nicole could see that the two of them were serious about their feelings for Spencer and Samuel, and due to that, it would be nice if there was an opportunity for her to pair all of them up.However, it was then that Nicole received a message from Sean. "Nicole, my previous companion was my assistant. Mom just loves playing match-up a little too much. I don't want things to be awkward in the office later on. Help me out and find me a partner to even the count, if you would."Nicole raised her eyebrow the second she had read that. 'Sean is truly a shmuck.'Although she had not paid much attention to Sean's companion during the dinner, that assistant of his was both considerate and well-mannered. Moreover, she was almost a little too submissive toward him.For a workaholic like Sea
Regina had just entered the classroom, and yet, she was already assigned to sit next to the class representative. Ms. Emerson was too fond of her.All of a sudden, a wide smile formed on Regina's face. "Thank you very much, madam. I would like to ask, who is the class president?"She turned around to look at her classmates, hoping to find the aforementioned class president.Much to her surprise, everyone proceeded to turn their heads toward Nicole.Vivian noticed the dumbfounded look on Regina's face right away. She was already trying to get on Nicole's good side as soon as she joined the class, and yet, she did not know that the class president was none other than Nicole.Remembering that she was classmates with Nicole previously, Vivian stifled her anger for Nicole and directed it to Regina instead. "You've just joined the class, and yet, you've tried to suck up to Nicole. And now, you're saying that you don't know who the class president is? In the entire class, she's the only
Based on the comments from her classmates, it seemed to her that Nicole had been leading a good life thus far, a reality which Regina had a hard time swallowing.Concurrently, Nicole had just returned to the classroom too.Unable to stomach the truth anymore, she walked up to Nicole and said sarcastically, "I did not expect you to be leading such a good life here at San Joto. You even made it to the position of president."In Regina's point of view, Nicole had always been a class below her. On top of that, she thought that Nicole had nothing in her skill set that would qualify her for the position of class president at Royal Creek Institute.In response, Nicole shot Regina a glance. "Why? Are you jealous?"Those two lines infuriated Regina at once. "Who is jealous? I'm just shocked with San Joto's standards when it comes to appointing a class monitor. If someone like you can become the class monitor, I could too!"Once those words had left Regina's mouth, the entire class was tak
'What is going on? Were these people surprised to know who I am? Why are they laughing like that?' she wondered.Based on Regina's foolishness alone, she would never understand the true reason.After an entire day of classes, there were no further interactions between Nicole and Regina.Initially, Regina was confident about becoming the class president, but after a few periods of lessons, she began to lose hope. The pace at the Royal Creek Institute was too fast, and Regina could not catch up at all. Soon, she began to grow curious as to how Nicole could be so calm and relaxed. After every lesson, Nicole would be reading reference books, prompting Regina to become furious. If she really wanted to become the class monitor, she had to better manage her own studies first.During self-revision time, Regina was sweating buckets while studying. On the other hand, Nicole had already stood up, ready to walk out with Bradley, Gary and the rest quickly following suit.Seeing that Nicole did