'Bullshit, respect!'

"Don't use this nonsense to corner me. She's someone I love. How can I let her go so easily?"

'Nicole, I won't ever let go, not ever.'

Lawrence was overjoyed to see Jared's emotions coming to the surface. He could not help but smile wider. "It's your choice to make. I won't mind it anyway, but you should know that the prettiest looking fruits won't end up being the sweetest."

Jared's face darkened. The entire Riddle family were looking at the two of them. Daniel looked at Lawrence with discontent. Everyone in the room was aware that Lawrence wanted to separate Jared and Nicole, not wanting them to have any chance of reconciliation.

With a cold face, Daniel spoke up. "Everyone in this family agreed with this marriage. Coming as an outsider, you have no right to talk about this. I'd like to know from this gentleman here, what right did you have to keep my daughter hostage abroad for so many years, and five years at that? Letting her be unable to be reunited with her family for so long?"

It was unexpected that Daniel spoke up and questioned Lawrence. Nicole sighed helplessly. "Dad..."

with her emotions between Lawrence's care for the past five years,

"I understand what you're feeling, but I have never, in my intentions, kept her hostage. It was Mr. Johnston who gave up searching, and no one had been to that island. Thus, I've always respected her choice and since she wanted to come back after five years, I supported her to

before looking at Nicole. Nicole had no

come back to San Joto once. It's just that after I had landed, I was

time, Nicole's body was still frail and was still healing from her pregnancy.

had their eye out for her.novelebook.com They fired four shots

my goodness... Nicole, just what did you

not help staring at Lawrence. She wanted to avoid telling the important bits of the story but instead, he told them all on purpose. Jared's eyes were full of shock, he could not help but

moment Jared understood why Nicole's strength

Jared's voice was filled with worry

from the way she'd been treating me like a stranger and kept this from me... this feeling of alienation is quite

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