Jared slowly lowered his head, their eyes meeting one another before he leaned in closer, allowing their lips to meet.

As the kiss became even more passionate, it grew sloppy.

Alarmed by the sudden shift in tone, Nicole struggled, attempting to break free, but to no avail.

She succumbed to Jared's arms that night.

The next day, the sun shone warm and bright, and everyone gathered in the dining room for breakfast.

"Nicole, I heard you went to your grandpa's place last night.

Is he alright?" Daniel asked.

"He's doing well.

I paid him a visit to keep him posted about the latest plans of the company," Nicole explained.

"It was about NandoCorp, wasn't it? As long as your grandpa agrees to it,'' Daniel softly said, fully respecting Nicole's decision to reacquire NandoCorp and make it a part of Riddle Corporation once more.

Nicole nodded.

onboard on it." "That's good to hear,"

he say anything

swept her glance across Samuel and Spencer before turning to look at

settle down." "What are you looking at me for?

push you now, did he?" Stanley protested, his voice cracking as settling down was a sensitive topic for

you, being single,

being forced to settle down every so often

his head around how Ellar was being forced to settle down so early

Nicole shrugged.

in a rush to settle down, so naturally, Ellar

in which your younger brothers have settled down before you.' "However, I feel that they should consider the situation of a person first before jumping

can always go with the

of your life

think this is a great idea! Why didn't I think of this before? I'm going to go get a

I actually..." Stanley resisted, wanting to secure his freedom,

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