Judging from her expression, it seemed like Nicole already knew plenty about the situation."Why didn't you tell me?" Nicole was a little upset, wondering if Jared did not trust her enough to tell her.Jared stretched out his hands and signaled her to come over.Nicole gave Jared a side eye and stood still. Her stance seemed to say, 'Don't bother calling me over if you're not willing to explain things.'Jared shook his head and sighed. Then, he approached Nicole and pulled her down to sit on the sofa beside him."It wasn't intentional. I just felt like it was unnecessary to bring it up." As a matter of fact, Jared did not want to put Nicole in a difficult position. He did not expect her to still find out in the end."Johnston Group is about to be in trouble, and you think it's unnecessary for me to know?" Nicole got angrier. She thought, 'I see. So, he never thought of sharing his burden with me.'Jared grabbed her hands and said gently, "Don't worry. No one has the power to rui
To put it in another way, the huge slide in Johnston Group's stock price was not caused by anyone but an internal system error. The strangest thing was that none of them detected anything weird in the system. There was no trace of being hacked at all."Yeah, that makes sense." Nicole smirked.After going through the system, she definitely made some discoveries. And what she found matched Max's findings.Max widened his eyes in shock. "Ms. Nicole, are you saying that there's something wrong with the management of our company?"He found it hard to accept his findings because he did not see any problem with the employees. After all, they had just gone through a thorough revamp. There were no suspicious people in there.Nicole nodded and explained, "It's a problem with the management, but it doesn't concern the employees. It had something to do with the management system."Max was shocked. "There shouldn't be any problem with the system."Johnston Group's management system was desig
However, Nicole was not going to express any opinion on this matter. After all, win or lose, it all depended on one's abilities.What made her feel angry was the fact that Lawrence would actually make a move on Jared. She never expected that to happen. Yet, she knew that this was not just business competition."If you help him, maybe he might lose a little less," Jared said jokingly.Nicole could not help but roll her eyes at Jared. "Are you mocking me?""If you knew about this, would you have helped him?" Jared questioned."You're being childish." Nicole looked away and chose not to answer his question.If she had known earlier, she would definitely not give Lawrence a helping hand. In fact, she might advise Lawrence to stop. That way, Lawrence would not suffer such a huge loss as well.Looking at how Nicole reacted, Jared got the answer to his question. A smile formed on his face.Then, he tilted his head downwards and left a kiss on Nicole's forehead. With a wide smile, Jare
DING!A notification came from the computer. Jared and Nicole instantly became serious."That's early. I didn't know she was such an impatient person." Nicole gave a look of disdain. Initially, she thought that she would have to wait past midnight for Iris to make a move."She must have thought that no one had noticed her movements yet." Something flashed in Jared's eyes. This was the reason why he did not show any reaction to the matter during the day. He was also trying to make Iris lower her guard by doing so.Nicole nodded slightly as he understood Jared's intentions. However, Nicole wanted Johnston Group to return back to normal after this particular night.Standing in front of the computer, they could see that someone had entered the system. Since there were no warnings that popped up, they were sure that it was Iris who entered the system using the password.Nicole quickly went to work on the computer and searched for Iris's location.Max roughly heard some noise, so he k
It was not up to a secretary to talk about Nicole and Jared's affairs."You don't deserve to be with Jared!" Iris shouted furiously."I don't deserve to be with him?" Nicole snorted. Then, she calmly turned to Jared and said, "It's a pity that we're getting married soon.""No! That can't happen! It's impossible!" Iris instantly broke down and shook her head like a madwoman. She refused to believe it.Nicole narrowed her eyes and spoke in a cold voice. "These are none of your business. No matter what the reason is, they're not valid reasons for you to harm the company. Especially if it's because of your one-sided feelings."Jared did not wrong Iris. And yet, Iris took advantage of his kindness and wanted to ruin Johnston Group completely. That was simply unforgivable!Nicole's words caused Iris to tremble even more. Iris even looked at Jared instinctively.However, she did not expect Jared to ignore her totally. She did not even give Iris one glance.Iris gritted her teeth, and
Iris was trembling badly, as if a basin of cold water had just poured on her head.It made sense. She had lost her chance and she made too many mistakes. It never occurred to her that Nicole was already Jared's wife.By chance, Iris had heard that Jared had a wife in the past. But from what she understood, the lady was long gone. And now, she suddenly returned and was alive with two kids.The siren of the police car sounded in Iris's ears. She knew that everything was over for her. Her face turned pale.Iris remained silent the whole time when she was being brought onto the police car. She seemed to have lost the will and energy to live. Even her eyes looked as if she were in a daze.After watching the police car leave, Max ordered his men to leave. When he was finally alone, he heaved a sigh and shook his head.'Iris is such a fool! Even if Ms. Nicole never returned, Iris would've never had a chance,' Max thought.'If Ms. Nicole never returned and disappeared forever, Mr. Jared
"Alright, why don't you ask them when they're gonna get married? Tell them not to wait any longer," said Gloria.They chatted while munching on their breakfast.Lana, with a sparkle in her eyes, tilted her head and asked, "Mommy, can I go to Uncle's house tonight?"Nicole seemed unsure and replied, "Are you really eager to go, sweetie?""Yeah, Daddy, Mommy..." Lana said with a hint of sadness. "Ever since you stopped picking us up, we haven't spent much time together with you."Jared scooped up Lana and said, "Alright, we'll all go together tonight.""Sounds good," Nicole nodded. "After work, you pick them up, and I'll head to June's place on my own."Tia thought it might be a hassle for them, so she chimed in, "I can take Nolan and Lana there. Then I'll come back on my own."Stanley said, "Tia, we can just come back together."Just as Tia was about to explain why she wanted to come back, Stanley surprised her by saying, "I'll arrange for someone to take care of Mrs. Wallace S
"Hey, come on, it hasn't been easy for her," Nicole said, her eyes showing a bit of coldness."Oh, by the way, didn't Ellar mention seeing James with some girl before? I think I saw them together that day too," Lulu suddenly remembered, lowering her voice as if afraid someone might overhear.Nicole narrowed her eyes, thinking it was important to find out who this woman was and what she meant to James. 'Is James falling for someone else, or does he want to take over the whole Riddle family business?'"Nicole, what's going on in your head?" Lulu whispered, noticing Nicole's silence.Nicole's face turned serious, "Let's have someone thoroughly investigate this matter, leave no detail unchecked.""Sure, got it," Lulu replied, her expression becoming serious as well.The situation with James might have seemed like a coincidence once, but not twice. It was important to take it seriously.While waiting anxiously in the DillCorp's office, Raine couldn't help but pace back and forth unti