Nicole paused for a moment. Her eyebrows moved slightly as she raised her eyelids insouciantly, then hooked the corners of her lips.“Mr. Ferguson, why do you want to know this?”‘Knowing the answer no longer had any meaning now, is there?’ Nicole thought.“Answer me.” Eric’s voice was deep, and his eyes were bottomless like the ocean.Nicole lowered her eyelids and smiled gently.“Because my family is very unimpressed with you, but I was somehow blind and liked you.”‘That was why I turned my back on my world, gave up my identity, and ran to him with open arms. Unfortunately, he didn’t catch me, and I fell to a painful death…’“Fortunately, I’m not blind anymore.” Nicole smiled faintly. It was extremely cold. “Mr. Ferguson, are you done talking? You might as well go back and discuss with the old man on how to word the apology.”Nicole took a sip of red wine and retracted her gaze. She turned on her heels and left without saying another word.Grant was mingling with the guests
“I don’t know.” Eric spoke coldly and dodged Keith’s hand that was reaching over to him.This was also what Eric had been puzzled about. He only remembered that back then, Wendy Quade was in a car accident and had lost too much blood, but the Rh-null blood stored in the blood bank in Atlanta was far from enough.That was when Nicole came to him. She said that she could donate her blood to Wendy, but with one condition - he was to marry her.The matter was urgent, so Eric agreed without even thinking about it.Everything that happened later was just natural.Eric did not like Nicole and did not have any feelings for her, but he still respected all her rights as his wife and honored their marriage.Suddenly, there was a clamor outside their private room.Keith went out to take a look and immediately turned back. “Holy sh*t, Nicole’s here!”Outside, the music was so loud that it could shatter one’s eardrums. Everyone below was reveling in the music.Nicole was dancing in the midd
Nicole thought, ‘If I wasn’t Floyd Stanton’s daughter, I would’ve died many times over!’Keith’s face flushed red. ‘I’m such a wimp! But… I don’t have a choice… I’m guilty as charged…’“Then what do you want?” Keith asked.‘I was clearly out of my mind back then to offend Nicole!’ He thought.Nicole looked out the window and felt impatient.She walked up to him slowly and said in a cold and playful voice, “Don’t you just care about your nudes? I’ll count to three. If you don’t disappear from my sight within three seconds, I’ll make you a viral sensation online by the fourth second!”Keith stiffened as Nicole scoffed.As soon as she finished her sentence, Keith turned around and ran as he begged for mercy. “Don’t… Don’t be impulsive!”Sure enough, he vanished within three seconds.Nicole sneered and rolled her eyes, then strutted away in her high heels.Once she got out of the bar, she saw someone standing next to her car.She looked up and saw that it was none other than Eri
At this time, the public opinion on the internet was overwhelming. Everyone was pointing fingers at the Fergusons for bullying the weak.However, the Ferguson family did not reply on the cusp of this storm. After all, they would look guilty if they took a stand too early.The Ferguson Villa.The villa was brightly lit in the night. Everyone inside, except for Old Master Ferguson, dared not breathe too loudly.Back then when Stanton Corporation’s share prices plummeted, Grant Stanton had singlehandedly managed to reclaim the situation.This evening, the stock market had taken a different direction that was not optimistic for the Fergusons.Old Master Ferguson’s face was glum and extremely bitter. He was furious and even more exasperated when he learned that Eric had not returned home.“Where the hell is he?!” Old Master Ferguson asked the butler as he thumped his cane on the ground fiercely.The butler replied with trepidation. “Young Master can’t be reached at the moment. His c
When Eric thought of the image of Nicole walking under the streetlight with her head full of blood and her back looking so cold and lonely, his heart could not help but ache at that moment.He knew that he owed her too much and that there was no way he could repay her.Old Master Ferguson glared at him. “If I wanted to apologize, why would I still be so angry? This apology would just confirm that we slandered her! Our stocks and company’s reputation will go down the drain!”Ingrid Ferguson echoed on the side, “Yeah, why should we apologize? We can just settle with them privately. There’s no need to risk our family’s reputation. So what if she’s Floyd Stanton’s daughter? Is she superior to everyone? We didn’t force her to marry into our family, nor did we force her to get a divorce, so why should we humiliate ourselves?”If they apologized, Ingrid’s name in the gentry circle would become a laughing stock! She would not be able to continue mingling with them and would certainly be mo
Stanton Corporation.Inside the meeting room.The crowd looked at the big shots sitting at the head of the conference table. Floyd Stanton sat there lazily while getting some shuteye as he assuredly left Grant to preside over this meeting.Grant said a few opening remarks and started to introduce Nicole.Nicole let down her hair in front of her forehead to hide the wound from last night’s accident so that it would not look so conspicuous.“I believe that everyone here already knows that Nicole is my father’s daughter and my sister. She’s also the largest shareholder of Stanton Corporation now. Therefore, I hereby announce that Nicole Stanton will be the Chief Executive Officer of Stanton Corporation effective immediately. I believe everyone has no opinions on this, right?”The largest commanding shareholder!The total number of shares from everyone present was not even comparable to Nicole’s shares. Thus, no one dared to have any opinion on this.In hindsight, many directors pr
Gerard Lichman was delighted to learn that Nicole was coming over in person and gave her a call. “President Nicole, please bring the little traitor when you come over. Everyone misses it!”Nicole responded. “Sure, no problem!”This way, Nicole could kill two birds with one stone! She could rely on Tigger to capture the hearts of J&L’s team and she would not feel so bored over there. Nicole buried herself in work until the evening when the streetlights came on and as stars dotted the night sky.She stretched her back and took her purse. Seeing that Grant’s office light was still on, she felt a little guilty because she had it too easy as the CEO, especially compared to her big brother.Nicole knocked on the door and poked her head in, smiling at the person who was still in a video conference. He calmly listened to the other party’s report in a foreign language and meticulously caught all the key points. He glanced at her and pointed to a seat, then continued the meeting.She sp
Nicole giggled and went up to Maverick.“Mav, please do me a favor as a gift instead...”“What is it?”“I have a project that involves artificial intelligence. Since you’re the best expert there is, can you please help me with a part of it?”Nicole sucked up to her second brother.Maverick was a national treasure! If she asked him to join the project, it was indeed a little wasteful of his talent.However, on second thought, it would also be a waste not to make full use of her genius brother!Maverick nodded. “Sure. I have a month’s vacation. Is that enough?”“Of course, it’s enough!”Nicole took the bank card from Maverick and waved it in his face. “Then I’ll take this too. Thanks, Mav!”Maverick was speechless.Not far away, two tall men were walking side by side behind the Stanton siblings. They came to poach an international talent, so they waited there by themselves all night.‘Why hasn’t the assistant sent any photos yet?’ Keith Ludwig thought.Keith looked at the wo