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
Claus frowned when he noticed that Gary had ordered a steak for Nicole.He had been ordered to keep an eye out for Nicole, to prevent any of the other men from making any advances on her. 'This kid even ordered food for Nicole?'Claus thought about it and looked at Nicole with a haughty expression. "Miss Riddle. Do you want the steak?"Nicole shook her head. "No, just give me some pasta and some desserts after.""Okay!' Claus said loudly, after which he repeated the order. "Two steaks, one pasta, three coffees, and two desserts. I'll be right back!"Then, Claus turned around and left.Ryder and Gary could not help but look at each other with their brows raised in suspicion after that interaction. "What's the matter with that guy?""Shouldn't he be giving us what we want after we've made our order? Why did he ask Nicole about it so specifically before removing one of our orders?""I'm a regular customer here, he knows what I want and what I don't want. You guys don't have to wor
Gary nodded and darted his eyes at Nicole's direction.Then, something clicked in Ryder's mind. 'Is it possible that the owner of this cafe is Jared?! In which case, wouldn't Nicole be the proprietress of this place?!'The thought that was racing across his mind almost made Ryder spit his mouthful of coffee out.Still, he forced himself to swallow the coffee before coughing out loud. "Really?"Gary nodded with a serious look on his face."So, that's why you know the store manager so well," Ryder said awkwardly.'It would be weird if he didn't know the taste and preferences of his boss' wife well. It won't be wise for him to mix it all up,' he thought.Nicole noticed the weird behavior among the two brothers, and that was when she guessed that Ryder knew about her relationship with Jared.Therefore, she did not deny it. "Yeah."Ryder looked at Nicole in embarrassment, not expecting her to answer it so plainly.'If this were someone else, they would be over the moon to own such
As they were being stared at by Jared, Gary and Ryder felt the overwhelming presence looming over them.However, Gary tried his best to resist Jared's presence nonetheless, and in a tone indicative of his dissatisfaction, he replied, "Nicole and I are classmates. Isn't it normal for us to know each other well?"Seeing how headstrong Gary was, Jared looked at Ryder and mocked, "Then, is Ryder classmates with Nicole too?"Ryder did not know how to explain himself, and as such, he could only reply awkwardly, "We joined a competition a few days back. I guess we can be considered as teammates."After all, the three of them were in a team. This, it was not wrong for him to refer to himself as one of Nicole's teammates.However, Jared felt as though the two of them were simply giving excuses.The Finley brothers were really timid people. It was obvious that both of them had feelings for Nicole, and yet, they could have a meal with Nicole together. This made others wonder what their actu