"Grandpa," Nicole said softly. Then, she walked to the sofa with Jared."You're here." As expected, Mr. Riddle Sr.'s gloomy face instantly brightened up at the sight of Nicole.Nicole seemed to have heard Steve's low laugh. She could not help but roll her eyes at Steve.Then, Nicole sat down beside her grandfather and went straight to the point. "Grandpa, you don't have to worry about this matter. The police will give us the justice we deserve.""Yes, I believe in all of you." Mr. Riddle Sr. had faith that Nicole would never do such a thing. After all, that trick was done clumsily. If it were Nicole, she would never let anyone catch her.After Mr. Riddle Sr. had finished speaking, he glanced at Damien and Dillon unhappily.The two sons' faces immediately turned sour, especially Dillon's. He gritted his teeth and said woefully, "Dad, you can't side with her indiscriminately. We're the real victims here.""That's right, Dad. Both of our companies had suffered quite a huge loss as
Mr. Riddle Sr. trusted Nicole. Even if Dillon and Damien said they had evidence, they would not have anything against Nicole."Grandpa, we're the ones suffering a loss here. Why can't you put yourself in our shoes?" Raine was so angry that her face turned pale as she spoke.'I thought that by gathering everyone, Grandpa would be fair. And yet, he's still siding with Nicole. All the evidence is pointing towards Nicole. Why is he still siding with her?'"Raine, I remember that when the branch office was in trouble, you asked Preston to return and help out. Why isn't he here today? What did he say at that time? Could you repeat it for everyone here?" Sean glanced at Raine coldly. His calm tone gave a kind of pressure through them.Raine's face turned even paler. It was because Preston said that there was no other problem except that a loophole existed in the company's system. Therefore, they did not inform Preston about the gathering. They knew that his words would be a disadvantage t
"Alex." Dexter felt a little annoyed. He could only pretend to be strict and alert Alex. "Don't you see that grandpa isn't in a good mood? And yet, you're requesting to stay?""It was Uncle Dillon and Uncle Damien who angered grandpa, not us." Alex shrugged as if he had not done anything wrong. He seemed to be questioning why he should leave.Dexter's face darkened drastically, and he added with an even more stern voice, "Don't speak nonsense.""Enough. Let's eat," Mr. Riddle Sr. said.Alex immediately turned happy again. He looked at Nicole blankly. "Nicole, I need your help on a few things.""What are they?" Nicole was curious. What would Alex want her to teach him?Alex scratched his head awkwardly. "I've just joined the company, right? But I just graduated not long ago, and I don't have any experience in management. So—"He has always admired Nicole's abilities, and he respected her a lot. Therefore, he had set Nicole as his target. He wanted to work towards becoming at the
After they were done with dinner, they left the Riddle residence accordingly.In the car, Nicole turned and looked at Jared. "Why didn't you say anything?"Jared was as quiet as a shadow that day. He was just sitting next to her without uttering a single word, but he still somehow gave her a sense of security.Jared looked down at her and said, "You did an amazing job."In fact, even if he was not present that day, Nicole would have also done a tremendous job by herself.Nicole shrugged. "These people only have one goal anyway."In short, they only had their eyes on the benefits, which was not unusual."Yeah, you're right." Jared nodded. 'Nicole has already seen through those people.'"But where do you think they got their so-called evidence?" Nicole frowned slightly. She recalled that Dillion looked confident in himself as well."Everett gave it to them," Jared answered steadily with a cold look in his eyes."Everett? How?!" She was shocked and wondered, 'On top that, how do
If it were someone else, that person would already be freaking out by now. But Nicole being so calm just did not sit right with Karen."It's obviously because she has Grandpa on her side. That's why she isn't worried at all. I'm just going to sit back and watch how Grandpa will favor her after the police are done with the investigation," Raine said through her teeth bitterly."Yeah, I'm not going to let her off the hook so easily this time." Dillon's gaze turned dark. 'I finally got this chance, and I'm not going to blow it.'"Dad, are you going to send someone to keep an eye on them?" Raine asked softly, slightly concerned.Dillon squinted as he nodded. "You're right, I'll send someone to do that.""Okay, we didn't get to eat anything even though we went to the Riddle residence. Let's eat now," Karen said gloomily."Let's eat," Dillon agreed.They then went to a restaurant without Snow. The determined look she had on her face was nowhere to be seen. Her smile turned to a schemi
"Okay," Jared responded lightly. His expression remained cold as if he was not excited about this outcome. Perhaps, this had always been the outcome he expected."As for Lawrence, I've already sent people over to Happiness Trading. It's probably a lose-lose situation over there." Max sounded pleased.'You've taken away our partnership, so we'll show you now that some things shouldn't be meddled with.'"Let's renew the contract with Radiance Commerce," Jared ordered. He leaned back in his seat with a cold gaze, pondering something.Max responded to him and continued driving without disturbing Jared anymore.On the other hand.Ian hurriedly returned to the company. "Boss, Happiness Trading is very upset with us. They're disappointed and expressed that they no longer want to work with us," Ian reported in a muffled voice, his face turning pale."Hmph, do they think Jared would want to work with them still?" Lawrence scoffed. 'How could Jared tolerate the betrayal? When Happiness Tr
Lawrence glanced at Ian with an annoyed expression which ultimately shut him up.After some time, they arrived at the Riddle Corporation. They greeted the receptionist and walked into the elevator to get to Nicole's office.The receptionist had already notified Nicole, so she knew that Lawrence was coming. When Nicole heard someone knocking on her door, she immediately said, "Come in."Lawrence opened the door, and Nicole smiled. "What brings you here? Work?"Since Lawrence had always brought collaboration projects whenever he visited her, Nicole assumed that Lawrence must be here for work this time.But unexpectedly, Lawrence calmly sat down on the couch and said, "I'm not busy today, so I thought I'd come and see you."Nicole was both amused and defeated. "You're not busy?"The Genesis Group had just entered San Joto and was currently in a vigorous development stage, so she thought Lawrence should be busy."Of course, I'm not made of iron." Lawrence pushed the blame onto his
Nicole squinted slightly and asked, "Why do you ask?""I'm planning to return to the island soon, and I figured that you probably don't have time to come with me. That's why I'm here to ask if you want anything from the island," Lawrence explained with a smile."You're going back to Crescent Island?!" Nicole was shocked. 'Why is he going back all of a sudden?'She had decided to settle in San Joto and had already taken care of everything on Crescent Island. Lawrence had also made all the necessary arrangements before coming to San Joto and even expanded his business here. For that reason, she did not expect Lawrence to suddenly want to go back."I have some urgent matters to attend to back there, but I'll be back soon," Lawrence said."Oh." Nicole didn't inquire further and just told Lawrence, "I don't have anything I want from there.""Alright, I'll be back as soon as possible." Lawrence got up and prepared to leave.Nicole raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you leaving now?""