Nicole said, “It‘s only been a few days, so I haven’t forgotten Old Master Leonard’s teachings. How can I possibly bother him?”
“Nicole, I’ll be straight with you. I don’t know why, but I can feel that he regrets it and is quite anxious to help you solve this matter. Why don’t you just give in a little so everyone will be better off?”
Nicole laughed coldly.
“Keith, tell Old Master Leonard that I’m refusing to give in. The situation just doesn’t allow me to.”
Keith froze for a moment. “What do you mean?” Nicole wanted to be calculative?
She was not the type.
Nicole’s tone was slightly cold.
“This afternoon, Old Master Leonard’s god-granddaughter Ms. Autumn Ferguson came to my office and wanted to hand over the reporter to me, but she disappeared after not getting the terms she wanted from me. I now suspect that it was Ms. Ferguson who found this reporter, and the whole thing may have been planned with Old Master Leonard. Keith, tell Old Master Leonard that I appreciate his good intentions, but I can’t pretend that nothing happened.”
After saying that, Nicole hung up the phone decisively.
On the side, Clayton handed a washed strawberry to Nicole’s mouth.
Nicole subconsciously opened her mouth, not even realizing that she was being fed the entire time.
Before Clayton could retract his fingers, Nicole took a bite.
Clayton winced. Nicole reacted and immediately opened her mouth.
She looked at Clayton with a pale face and cupped his hand.
“OMG! Did I bite you? Does it hurt?”
Clayton held his finger in pain as if it was about to break.
However, Nicole did not find any blood, so she thought that it was probably an internal injury.
She was anxious because internal injuries were more serious.
Nicole picked up the phone. “I’ll call an ambulance to take you to the hospital right away!”
Clayton looked at her and suddenly laughed. ’How gullible! What a cutie!’
Seeing that Clayton’s hand was not shaking anymore, Nicole looked up in surprise.
Clayton was smiling and had a teasing gaze. That was when Nicole realized that she had been fooled.
Nicole breathed a sigh of relief and immediately threw down his hand.
She later felt that he was too much for making fun of her. Nicole was angry, so she pulled his hand and bit down hard.
Clayton did not struggle and just smiled at her as if he did not feel the pain at all.
Nicole let go of his hand.
She left tiny teeth marks on his hand.
Clayton reached out and tousled her hair. “Ms. Stanton, you’re too easy to fool. You gotta pay attention in the future With that, Clayton carried the plate of fruit and walked past Nicole to go out.
Nicole was speechless.
Keith relayed Nicole’s original words to Old Master Leonard.
Old Master Leonard hung up the phone and was silent for a long time.
He came to understand that Nicole was not the same as the incompetent trust fund kids of her generation, nor was she a rich kid who came back from abroad to inherit the family business in name only.
This girl was very good at using all the resources around her.
Most importantly, Nicole was smart.
Autumn and Nicole were not at all on the same level.
Nicole could catch even the smallest clues, so how could Nicole agree to Autumn’s conditions?
In less than three days, Nicole would definitely find that reporter.
Old Master Leonard missed the best opportunity. Even if he sent the reporter to Nicole now, she would not even appreciate it.
Keith also said that out of everyone, the last person they should offend was Nicole.
Nicole still had something over Keith.
Old Master Leonard looked at the phone and closed his eyes.
He really did not know why he gambled his prestige for the rest of his life just to help Autumn vent her anger.
