With that thought in mind, Mr. Hardy straightened up and said firmly, "There's a defamation law as well!"Nicole saw that he was incorrigible and said coldly, "Don't worry. There are many surveillance cameras on the scene. We could definitely check if I defamed you or not."Mr. Hardy now panicked. He only thought of dealing with Mr. Zach just now and forgot that there were surveillance cameras. "There were so many people on stage just now. Are you sure the surveillance camera from afar could have gotten any footage?" Mr. Hardy tried to argue, hoping to weasel his way out.Nicole chuckled at his actions. "Even though the surveillance cameras are far away, did you forget there are cameras everywhere?" Nicole said while glancing at the audience. Only then did Mr. Hardy realize that the cameras might have captured his every move.At this moment, Sebastian, who was ready to present his closing speech on stage, walked up to them. He narrowed his brows. "What happened?" Just now he saw a
'If I knew that little girl knew the governor, I would've never opposed her!' Mr. Hardy thought."Let the police handle the case. We cannot tolerate such people," Sebastian ordered coldly.The director immediately instructed, "Security! Get him out of here! Report to the police when you're on the way.""Yes, sir!" The security guards went straight up to Mr. Hardy and took him away.Mr. Hardy gave a horrible shriek. "No! I was wrong! Don't treat me like this!"Northon Institute cared about reputation the most! If he was sent to the police during the competition, he would definitely lose his job! However, no one was paying attention to him. Even Zeke and the students at Northon Institute thought he had brought shame to the school.After this incident passed, the host hurriedly resumed and let Sebastian begin his closing speech. The crowd continued to cooperate behind him. Under the director's commands, the shooting of the competition finally ended.After everyone left, Zeke told N
As he watched Gary's movements, Ryder understood everything...He immediately nodded and motioned for Gary to let go, indicating that he will not speak about it.It was only then did Gary awkwardly let go.Ryder smiled as he shoved Gary a little. "Sure. I think she's a pretty good girl..."He said that earnestly. Back in school, Nicole was very famous, but she was in the high school division while he was in the university division, so they had no interactions before, but now...Now he knew Nicole was the godlike hacker they worshiped and, moreover, she had medical skills and was academically excellent. Furthermore, the Riddle family was recently on the rise, and he wondered if the Finley family could ever reach their level.Yet, Gary rolled his eyes at him. "Ryder, how ill-informed can you be? Nicole is Jared's fiancee. The two of them had their engagement ceremony some time ago, and I went there on your behalf..."When Gary mentioned this, Ryder was taken aback for a moment as
Nicole turned around in disgust as she glared at Harvey. "Stop dreaming."She really regretted it now. She knew Harvey was a person with a split personality. Perhaps she should not have gotten close to him back then as he was now a constant source of annoyance for her.So much so that she did not want to be anywhere near him for even a minute.Yet, Harvey only chuckled as he saw her look of disgust. "You'll find out whether I'm dreaming or not soon enough. When the time comes, you'll be begging for me."He looked at Nicole with assured certainty, fantasizing about that scene that was to come.Nicole only snorted. "You're only building castles in the air."As she said that, she was no longer in any mood to talk to him and got up.Yet, the crowd immediately turned around and started clapping for Nicole. "You're so awesome, Nicole!""Nicole! We love you!"Listening to her fellow student's exaggerated proclamations, Nicole could only accept them bashfully.How she wished this emb
Everyone was picking a fight with her as she did not get along with Nicole, and the joy in Regina's heart instantly disappeared as fear took its place."I... I had some misunderstandings with her in the past..."If anyone else tried to bother her, she could still bear with it, but if Harvey was standing on Nicole's side, then she was done for!Harvey looked at Regina's fearful look with a gaze full of mockery as he said, "I don't care what sort of grievances the two of you have, but from today onwards... help me keep an eye on Nicole. Report to me if anything happens."He needed someone to keep an eye out on Nicole but almost everyone was already enraptured by Nicole, so only this person may perhaps be useful."Eh?" Regina was taken aback, not quite understanding what he meant.Yet, she still nodded by reflex. "Oh...Got it."Harvey snorted and then said, "Give me your phone."Regina immediately handed her phone over in a daze.Harvey quickly typed his phone number in. "This is
Seeing Nicole's mood improve, Jared could not help but stretch his hand out and hug her.Nicole lay in his arms and was at ease. Yet, when she thought of Harvey, she felt inexplicably uneasy. "Harvey's acting really strange lately. You better be on alert on your company's side."Jared took a deep breath. "He's indeed acting very strangely of late."Nicole raised her eyebrow. "You've never broached the topic of your company with me before."He knew everything about her, but he had rarely mentioned anything about his company recently.Jared could see Nicole's concern and said, "The company's fine. There are many people who want to work with the Riddle family, and the Johnston Group also profited by association."Nicole knew that Jared only wanted to reassure her, and the whole matter of profiting by association was just a reassurance.In fact, the Johnston Group had no need to rely on others at all, but Jared was just being humble.Seeing that Nicole was still worried, he then sa
Harvey squinted a little. 'Everett does have a plan.'Moreover, Everett even understood how Harvey worked. 'Interesting.'"Go on."Everett curled his lips and continued. "Jared has his business overseas as well, so what he actually cares about isn't the Johnston Group... Since we want to move against him, we naturally need to aim for his weak spot..."Harvey immediately understood what he meant. "Nicole?"He naturally knew that Nicole was Jared's weakness, but she was also Harvey's weakness at the same time...The reason he was at such a disadvantage was because he did not want to touch Nicole. The two feints earlier were just him testing Jared's limits.Everett smiled. "I know what you're thinking, Mr. Harvey. Nicole is Jared's weakness and she is yours too. I won't touch her, but... the Riddle family is Nicole's weakness..."As soon as Everett said that, Harvey immediately understood him.Everett continued to smile sinisterly. "When we grasp his weakness' weakness... do you
When Samuel and Spencer heard that, they raised their heads, looking a little miffed."Can you not be so hasty?""So early on a Saturday morning. You're that impatient, Mr. Jared?"Jared did not mind that as he pretended not to see their displeasure. He then slowly lifted Nicole's hand up. "Of course. It's something I've been looking forward to, so the sooner the better."Nicole looked at Jared's deep gaze and felt a little embarrassed.'This guy, he's getting more and more clingy in front of others recently.'Gloria, however, was very pleased. "Good. I'll help Nicole pack up then. The two of you will depart on Saturday morning!"At this point, Nicole had already mostly accepted her fate.In any case, her parents really wanted to marry her off."Thanks, Aunt Gloria." Jared let out a satisfied smile.Nicole glared at him, and this time, he was really happy.Gloria then continued to ask if Jared needed anything else to be settled. As the two talked, the matter of the wedding w