“Hehe.” Ellar awkwardly smiled. “She got injured while saving me, so I just wanted to know more about her.”

“Is that all?”‘ Nicole squinted at Ellar, unable to shake the feeling that he was up to something.

There was something obviously unnatural and forced about the expression on his face, and yet he stuck to his guns and insisted, “Yes, that’s all.”

“Oh.” Nicole uttered, trying to stop herself from exposing him.

After shooting him another glance, she said, “Patricia didn’t come.”

“Is she okay?” Ellar asked, seemingly a little disappointed.

“The injury has already healed. You don’t need to worry about it,” Nicole replied with a slight smile as she looked at him.

Ellar looked away in discomfort, and after coming up with an excuse to skedaddle, he said, “I’m running out of time. I’ll go meet my business partner now.”

“Sure, go ahead.” Nicole grinned.

beginning to feel a little uneasy. Something told him that Nicole had seen through him, and that was good enough of a reason

almost colliding into a waiter on his way

that Ellar was unusually concerned about Patricia. However, they had barely met, so it begged the question: why was he so concerned about

able to sway two people from getting together

already served, so Nicole shifted her focus back to the food and proceeded to start

them to Nicole, who happily ate them. In most cases, there was no defying Cupid’s arrow, and the best

and gave him a radiant smile.” Thank you, Jared

you for knowing me, understanding me, loving me, and protecting me!’ Jared returned the smile as he lovingly

“Same here.”

the same way too. He was grateful for her, and he was determined

Jared accompanied Nicole

her lip, gave Jared a quick kiss on the

stunned for a

watched her disappear into the company

Max responded and started the

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