Nicole felt a little more at ease after the call had ended. Although the wedding had not gone as planned, she was glad that Lulu and June's mood was not affected.Meanwhile, Lulu had called June."You finally called. Did you travel to a faraway land or something?" June's voice came through as soon as the call connected."Yes, we just settled in. I called Nicole earlier," Lulu replied candidly."How are things at home?" June immediately asked upon hearing that Lulu had called Nicole.Lulu sighed before responding, "Raine is dead.""Dead..." June trailed off, struck by a brief moment of shock before she quickly composed herself. "It's impossible to survive falling from such a height."Even if she did not die, she would likely have ended up crippled. However, Raine was, as one could argue, unlucky, and had fallen to her death on the spot."She asked for it," Lulu coldly huffed. "If she hadn't been such an evil freak, she wouldn't have ended up pushing daisies.""Alright, now that
Everything seemed to have returned to normal, and everyone had gone back to their respective lives, becoming busy once again.The two newlywed couples were still on their honeymoons, and everyone else had reached a unanimous, unspoken agreement to not disturb them. Life appeared to have returned to its usual course.Upon hearing a knock on the door, Nicole placed the documents in her hand down and looked up at the door. "Come in."Patricia entered, wearing a somewhat solemn look on her face. "Miss Nicole, an urgent fax from Ellar.""What happened to him?" Nicole furrowed her brow as she reached out to grab the fax.After reading the contents, a grimace crossed her face. "How could this happen?""It's likely that someone has tampered with it secretly," Patricia speculated.Nicole squinted as a trace of coldness flashed in her eyes, and that was when she ordered, "Investigate this.""Yes," Patricia responded before leaving the room.Nicole's gaze was dark as she perused the deta
Nicole's eyes turned cold. Even though Patricia had not returned yet, Nicole already had a clear idea of what was going on.'Harvey, you really like giving me crap, don't you? You must be pretty bored with your life...' Nicole thought.When Patricia returned, she confirmed Nicole's suspicions. Harvey had indeed tampered with the project, causing problems for BayCorp during its inspection phase."What should we do, Miss Riddle?" Patricia asked in a hushed voice.In reply, Nicole snorted. "Harvey has way too much free time."It was time to give Harvey something to get busy with, and in doing so, prevent him from constantly meddling in the affairs of the Riddle family."What's your plan, Miss Nicole?" Patricia asked, curious about how Nicole intended to handle the situation. It was clear that Nicole was preparing to retaliate instead of taking the abuse lying down.With that in mind, Nicole stood up and said, "Let's head back to HQ first.""Alright," Patricia replied, following Ni
"Understood." Patricia replied, and hurried off to make a reservation.After she had gotten Royal Creek Institute's address, she left the office with Nicole and headed there.Arriving at Royal Creek Institute, Nicole entered Thomas's house while Patricia waited outside.Looking at Nicole as she entered, Thomas Ellison smiled. "I knew it was you."Seeing that their lunch had arrived, Nicole smiled, "I missed you, so I came over to pay you a visit."Thomas made his way to the living room, looked at Nicole and said, "You don't have to lie to me. Harvey made another mess for you to deal with again, didn't he?"Nicole was quite shocked, "How did you know?"Thomas had been resting and recovering as of late. Although he did seem a tad more energetic, Nicole was sure that Thomas had not gone back to work just yet. Therefore, it would be next to impossible for him to be privy to the happenings of the outside world."The nurse has left." Thomas shook his head.He was not bothered about
Thomas looked at Nicole and pursed his lips. In the end, he decided to remain silent.Nicole did not want to bring up the sad past, so she quickly changed the subject of the conversation. Both of them went on to have casual chats over their meals.Then, Nicole left Royal Creek Institute."Ma'am, would Harvey suspect anything about your visit again? If he does, would Mr. Ellison..." Patricia asked softly.Knowing what Patricia's concerns were, Nicole replied, "He won't. Harvey would not fall into the same trap twice. He would not disturb Mr. Ellison again."Nicole already knew what was going, and that was why she would even dare to visit Thomas in the first place. Still, she would do well not to bother Thomas over Harvey's matters any longer."Oh." Patricia said, feeling that Nicole's words made sense.As the car sped across the road, Nicole watched as the scenery flitted past her. She gently leaned against her seat with a relaxed smile on her face. It had been a long while since
Unexpectedly, someone had exposed them. The crux of the issue was that it was not published as a proper, official announcement, but as a gossip article. Needless to say, this made Nicole feel very unnerved.Hearing this, Jared hugged Nicole gently and said, "Let's have an official ceremony."Since they had already decided not to conceal the truth, which had already been exposed anyway, Jared thought they could just organize a ceremony to do Nolan and Lana's identities true justice in San Joto.Nicole looked up at Jared and bit her lips as she hesitated.Initially, they had thought that Nolan and Lana would appear in public together with them, and due to this, they did not have any reservations about making their existence known to the public. On the day when they were about to do it, they had to place it on the back burner because of Raine's act of gatecrashing them. This had led them to wonder if they should hold another banquet just for the two little ones."They're worth doing
Nicole looked toward Jared, her eyes seemingly brimming with questions.Jared frowned, and after a long pause, he turned to Nicole and said, "Don't let him know that you've regained your memories."At most, Lawrence would only come to discover that Nicole had retrieved the Fire Crest. After all, that system was always in Nicole's hands. They could always say that it was Nicole who had cracked the system and the Crest recognized her as the sole bearer. Nothing would be out of place, and besides, the Crests would never allow a switch in ownership unless the current bearer was dead.They would definitely not be able to tell that Nicole had gotten her memories restored. Perhaps the main thing which Lawrence was trying to test was this information."Yeah." Nicole nodded in agreement.Then, Nicole turned to Patricia and said, "What about Hanwick?"Patricia shook her head. "He still refuses to say anything. I'm not sure if he's waiting for Lawrence to rescue him."There was definitely
With a skeptical look on his face, Hanwick questioned, "What on earth did you do?""There's no need for you to know anymore. Leave San Joto as soon as possible."After Lawrence was done talking to Hanwick, he shouted outside "Ian!""Sir." Ian quickly entered the room."Prepare him to leave the country immediately." Lawrence ordered, his voice burning with fury.Stunned, Ian asked, "You mean now? Don't we need to investigate?""There's no need for that." Lawrence said, his eyes frosty. 'He's entirely useless to me now.'If Jared and Nicole have opted to release him, that means that Nicole hasn't regained her memories. Fortunately, Hanwick kept his mouth sealed. Otherwise, I would have even less of a reason to keep him alive,' he thought."Understood." Ian turned to Hanwick. "C'mon, let's go."Hanwick added, "The drugs for next month are in my apartment drawer. I'll keep sending them to you from now on." He then followed Ian out.Hanwick knew he couldn't do much more to assist