“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.

Nicole had seen through him, and that was good enough of a reason for him to

a

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

sway two people from getting together if Cupid willed it. Those destined for each other would eventually be

so Nicole shifted her focus back to the food

gently scooped bits of each dish and served them to Nicole, who happily ate them. In most cases, there was no defying

she looked at Jared and gave him

understanding me, loving me, and protecting me!’ Jared returned

“Same here.”

for her, and he was determined to spend the rest of his life with

Jared accompanied Nicole back to Riddle

stopped, Nicole bit her lip, gave Jared a quick kiss on the cheek,

was stunned

on his face as he watched her

Max responded and started the

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