Jared had not paid any attention to the incident outside of the building and had walked in the meeting room fully prepared.

At the Riddle Corporation however, Nicole was leaning against her office chair, staring at the door where the secretary once stood. She bit her lip as she recalled the incident involving the secretary from the night before.

Nicole was certain that her instincts were on point, as all it had taken her was one look to discover that the secretary's intentions toward Jared were devious. 'Or…perhaps Jared already knew about it…'

Nicole was feeling disturbed as she attempted to piece all that was running through her head.

But it was then that her phone rang, interrupting her train of thought. It was Lawrence.

Seeing this, Nicole answered the call. "Leo."

"Mom, it's me," Nolan greeted over the phone.

"Nolan!" Nicole was bewildered. 'How can Nolan call me on Lawrence's phone?'

to get me. You can come pick me up at the restaurant during lunch. We'll send you the address later," Nolan quickly said,

the

wonder he was so perky last night. After his tantrum, he went to bed obediently. During the morning too, I thought he had accepted the reality of things but who could have expected that it was all an act to get me to let my guard down. Who knew that brat had called Lawrence as

up a message to Lawrence, in which she asked them where they were so

when she saw that they were actually at the amusement park. 'Didn't this brat say that he

smiling face and could

seen him smiling so genuinely

soon as he had gotten off the

"You are not allowed to lie to me again in the future, do you hear me? Don't you

I really had a bad tummy

to the doctors instead of coming to

careful in the future and that he should not be given too many cold drinks," Lawrence

drinks?" Nicole said with

beverages? They're all strictly limited at home,'

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