Always Been Yours

Chapter 686

For Cole’s sake, Nicholas accepted the request.

After Gole left Dynasty Gardens, he visited Janet.

“Mr. Spurse, what brings you here?” She found it odd, but still, she invited Cole to take a seat.

Meanwhile, Sally served them some tea and left the room.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip before he asked in concern, “How’s your injury?”

“I’m a lot better now. So, don’t worry too much about me,” Janet replied, smiling

He nodded. “That’s great. I came to tell you that I’ll be heading back to the headquarters in a few days and that you’ll be coming with me.”

Her smile froze on her face upon hearing the news. However, she quickly returned to her senses and realized that he must’ve had his reasons for saying so.

After all, he did agree to let her stay here and recover before this.

“Mr. Spurse, did Nicholas ask you to take me with you?”

“We’ve overstayed our welcome. You should return with me now that you’re feeling much better.” Cole did not deny her question.

However, Janet didn’t want to leave as she mumbled with a frown, “But that wasn’t what you said before.”

“Back then, I could see that you didn’t want to leave, so I let you be. However, you can’t continue to stay here anymore.” As he could see right through her, he tried to persuade her, “Plus, Nicholas is engaged now. It’s about time you give up on him.”

doesn’t he like about

kept growing within her as she questioned, “Just how is

troubled gaze. He was worried that she would be overly stubborn on this matter and that she would do

have never done that,” Janet rebutted

tone, “Regardless of that, you know Nicholas better than anyone. He

hard. “I just want to fight

as she looked up at

the sight of that, Cole let out a sigh since it was rare for

had always been a strong

only acting this way because she genuinely liked Nicholas a lot, but no matter how much she liked him, she had missed

isn’t wrong for you to like Nicholas. The problem is that Nicholas

so he changed the topic and reprimanded her, “Moreover, the main reason why you failed the mission this time is that you allowed your emotions to be in the way

she lowered her

that

was trying to do.

duty, I only gave you a warning instead of reporting it to the higher-ups. However, I hope you can collect yourself in the coming days and

remained silent throughout his

shadows of her eyelashes covered her dark eyes that were filled with viciousness as she

hand, in the Dynasty Gardens, Tessa went

“Nicholas, did something happen?”

Cole had asked Nicholas for

knew that she was just concerned about him, so he smiled and comforted her, “It’s nothing.

let out a breath of relief. She was