"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
Everyone walked over to the table and got themselves seated. Just as dinner was served, the look on Sally's face changed. Then, she covered her mouth with her hands, got up and ran off."Sally!" Steve followed after her, worried.Gloria looked at the direction Sally was headed to, and Gloria's gaze was filled with emotions.As Nicole had also experienced such a thing before, she instinctively turned to look at Gloria. When their eyes met, the mother daughter duo reached an instant understanding of what was going on.After a while, Sally returned, her face pale as a sheet. That was when Steve stepped up and persuaded Sally to ease her concerns."Let's go to the hospital.""It's fine. I have been experiencing this for a few times over the past few days. I'll feel better in a while." Sally shook her head as everyone waited for dinner to begin.She did not want the rest to worry about her."Alfred!" Gloria shouted."Yes?" The house butler came over."Get the kitchen to bring thes
"But you can't just let Sally starve," Gloria retorted."No worries. I'll buy something for her to eat," Steve suddenly said, before rushing out of the front door.Taken aback by what Steve was doing, they then burst out laughing. "Look how worried he is.""Alfred, please get someone to tag along with him and inform us when he's back, so that the both of them won't have to lose sleep over this," Gloria instructed.Steve would have to take care of Sally once he got to the hospital, so it was best to have someone else handle the rest for him."I will do so right away," the house butler replied, and hurried off to make the necessary arrangements at once.After Steve and Sally had sped off the driveway, the others continued their dinner. There, in the dining hall, the atmosphere was brimming with cheerful anticipation."Mummy, are we going to have a little sibling?" Nolan and Lana asked curiously, turning off the television.Nicole chuckled and patted their heads. "That's possible.
As Nicole woke up and opened her eyes, she looked at the person sleeping beside her and smiled. Staring at Jared's face, Nicole hesitantly leaned in to give a peck on his cheek. She then chuckled quietly and started to get out of bed.Unexpectedly, an arm caught her by the waist as she got up. With a gentle pull, Jared held Nicole back in his arms. Before Nicole could react, Jared had flipped her over and pinned her down.With a meaningful gaze, Jared said, "Aren't you going to do something about it after waking it up?""What thing? I'm getting out of bed." Nicole's face was flushed as she tried to push Jared away."Well, I'll show you." Jared lowered his head and started kissing Nicole.The couple only went downstairs during breakfast. Deep down, Nicole blamed Jared for her sore back, but outwardly she had to pretend she was fine.At the dining table, the food was already prepared, and everyone had been seated.When everyone had arrived, Daniel gestured to the meal. "Let's eat,