As Eugene explained, he turned to look at Hayden. “Don’t you find her scary? She has no boundaries or morals at all. She would make use of anyone just to achieve her goal. She’s such a vicious woman. How could you still stand up for her? That guy, Andy, from before? He’s a man who had willingly sacrificed his life for her. Ask her! Ask her once whether she felt any hint of remorse as she pushed all the blame on him!”
Hayden hurriedly explained, “That was entirely a misunderstanding. Nicole wasn’t aware of the situation and he made the decision on his own accord.”
Eugene replied, “You just believe blindly whatever that she said, but how do you know that she’s telling the truth? How can you be sure that my words aren’t true? Hayden, I must say that you’re too full of yourself.” Hayden shook his head and refused to believe Eugene’s words. “It cannot be her. Nicole is a timid person.”
Eugene frowned. ‘Timid? Her? How can someone who would cold-bloodedly kill another person be considered timid? You’ve only seen the pitiful and weak front she put up. If it wasn’t because of her instigations, why would Andy go after Olivia? He held no grudge against Olivia at all.”
At that stage, Hayden felt apprehensive as he started to trust Eugene’s words. However, he refused to admit all this because of the long- existing crush he had on Nicole.
In fact, it was not because he refused to believe Nicole was a ruthless person, but more accurately, he refused to believe that he had fallen for the wrong person.
“Andy had always had a crush on Nicole and he knew that she loved you, so that’s why he went after Olivia because he wanted to help match you and Nicole up.”
Olivia revealed a slight scoff. “Do you seriously believe that? Would someone in love with a girl help to kill her love rival? On top of that, match them up together? Are you hearing yourself?”
Hayden was slightly stunned. Yes. I am in love with Nicole, so would I actually do that? No! Of course not. I would pray hard for the couple to be deeply in love with each other so that I would be able to gain a chance with Nicole!
Were there really men who could be so selfless as to help their crush get together with the man she loved? Perhaps the men weren’t too infatuated, then. Ah, I don’t know! All I know is that I’ll never be them. He explained with apprehension, “P-Perhaps. Andy is slightly different than the others because he knows that he’s not good enough for Nicole.”
At that point, Olivia smiled in response. “If Miss West felt that Andy wasn’t a good match for her, then she should have ceased contact with him ages ago. However, she maintained a connection with him for so many years. Furthermore, Miss West fawned over him the day before the incident and kept him company till the wee hours of dawn. She clearly did that as final compensation for him so that she could feel better about herself. Am I right?”
As Olivia spoke, she glanced at Nicole and revealed a harmless smile. Nicole felt ashamed as her dirty linen was aired in public and she suddenly shot a vicious look in return. “To hell with you, Olivia Maxwell!”
As Nicole voiced out, she rushed toward Olivia in a frenzied state. Meanwhile, Olivia stood there without moving an inch. No one would be able to stir up trouble in Promise Island, be it Nicole, who was such a feeble weakling, or even someone who was much better at fighting.
Indeed, Nicole had only managed to take two steps forward when a bodyguard with no hesitation delivered a flying kick that sent her into the air. However, her actions triggered Eugene’s anger.
He had initially taken into account that she was a woman, so he did not plan on hurting her personally. Yet, he could not tolerate someone. going after his girlfriend. He stood up abruptly and strode over to stand in front of her. Subsequently, he reached out and lifted her from the ground by gripping her neck tightly. His eyes were flushed red out of anger. “You have a death wish, huh?”
Frightened, Hayden hurriedly rushed over to stop him. “Calm down, Eugene. She behaved badly in a fit of anger and she was just being foolish.”
Eugene looked at Hayden. “She’s angered because her dirty deeds are revealed. She took advantage of someone else and managed to free herself from being implicated, so are you seriously telling me that she’s a foolish woman? She just never expected that I would have found out the personal details of the person who hired the assassin!”
At that moment, Nicole was extremely aggrieved as she voiced out with much difficulty, “Why didn’t you mention the part where you bullied me? You knew that Andy wasn’t the mastermind and yet you killed him. I wouldn’t have given the map to Lara for the sake of avenging Andy! You pushed me into doing all this!”
