Mistaking the CEO for a Gigolo

“Nicole! How did you get here?”

“It’s not safe here, Dad. Let’s talk inside.”

After returning to his bedroom, Stephen deliberately dimmed the light before asking his daughter to sit on an inconspicuous spot. He then sat on his bed, and the two started whispering to each other.

“How are you doing, Dad?”

“I’m fine. I may be imprisoned here, but Levant treats me decently. Probably because he still remembers that I was the one who raised him.”

Nicole turned her attention to Stephen’s fingers when she suddenly recalled something.

“Dad… Your fingers…”

“What about them?”

Stephen lifted his hands to show them to his daughter, who was surprised to see that they were perfectly fine.

Nicole realized that it was not really Stephen’s finger that Levant used to threaten her before.

relieved to discover that Levant was not

see that you’re doing well, Dad. Don’t worry, you’ll be out of

feeling relieved, Stephen was distressed to

are you really marrying

Nicole nodded in response.

giving

be able to let him go, but her nightmares and worries showed her otherwise. She accepted the fact that the man

silence, Stephen continued earnestly, “I hope you can think about this carefully. I have all I need here, and the environment’s pretty good too. It makes for a pretty

don’t want you to go through the same thing because of me. Otherwise,

able to with someone she loved. I admit that I love Evan, but as much as I love him, I still have my principles, and I can’t just forget about all the heartbreaks I went through. I do love Evan, but I hate him at

the masochistic struggle. Nicole wanted to get as far away from Evan as possible, so getting

her, so there was no

if we get married,” assured Nicole with a shaky voice and a

face, Stephen

if his heart had been stabbed

he was not about to let her marry someone