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
"The Fisher family has recently become less and less influential, it seems that they'll only weaken in the future," Sean said to Nicole, in hopes that she would feel better."I thought so. Ever since they've been partnering up with those people, it would be odd if they don't suffer any backlash. I guess now they're just idling there." Nicole had viewed the Fisher family as a threat to the Riddles before."However, I heard that Fiorella has been discharged from the hospital. Her burns are quite severe and she's planning to go abroad to have them treated with plastic surgery."Nicole snorted coldly. "It's her own fault. It has nothing to do with me."Sean was worried. "Fiorella is one of the most ruthless members of the Fisher family. I'm worried she might come after you again."With cold eyes, Nicole replied, "If she dares to even try, I'll make her company go under with zero chances of recovering."'From the looks of it, I doubt Fiorella would have any chances of succeeding,' Nic
The sarcastic tone instantly made Nicole's face turn ice cold, and she did not have to turn her head to know who it was.Harvey walked around her table and glanced at the people around her. He had not expected Nicole to avoid him to this extent. 'It seems like she would rather suffer alone than be by my presence.'Harvey had assumed that she would ultimately give up when she was swamped with work, not expecting that she was capable of handling so many things at once, including the festival preparation at the university campus.Nicole saw that he was testing her patience, not wanting to leave. She replied indifferently, "Well, without the vice president's hard work and participation, am assuming you were super busy with the university campus' preparations? The high school campus only took one day to have everything prepared, compared to the geniuses over at the university campus. You must've worked so hard." Nicole had said this with the implication to mock Harvey's ability.Harvey
Nicole glanced at Harvey. 'This guy doesn't even bat an eyelash when he lies through his teeth.'Nicole nodded her head indifferently, and said, "Yeah."Mr. Elliot and the teachers went around to make sure there were no issues before heading back to their office. The school's festival was managed by the main members of the student union which Nicole was a part of. Harvey did not leave Nicole's side and walked side-by-side with her toward the sea of students.Nicole did not speak up and he enjoyed the moment of being by her side. There were limited days that he would be able to enjoy being beside her. Nicole quickened her pace as she tried to expand the distance from Harvey. However, Harvey was quick to notice and kept close.The two of them walking around had raised questions among passersby."Woah, the school's 'it' girl and guy, walking together side by side...""They're such a good match...""Right?! They look so good together."Everyone around them was discussing them. Harv
"There's no need to. I feel like I'm going to puke everything out."After having seen a restroom, Nicole became silent and made an immediate beeline for the women's restroom.'I doubt he'll still be able to follow me this time!' she thought.Harvey glanced at the icon on the women's restroom, shaking his head.'It seems that I'm not going to succeed this time. I'll let her go for her lunch,' Harvey thought as he turned around to leave the place.Nicole came out of the restroom after a while, and just as she was about to leave, she bumped into the duo of Ryder and Gary who had just exited the men's bathroom.The eyes of the two brothers lit up the instant they saw Nicole. "Nicole? What are you doing here?"Nicole shot them each a glance and asked, "You two. Do you always go to the restroom together?"The two brothers looked at each other in embarrassment. "Um, we happened to bump into each other by coincidence..."Nicole gave them both a look with one of her brows raised. "I'm