Seven Days Seven Nights

Chapter 21 Nancy Fell Into The Swimming Pool

“Yeah, it’s quite urgent,” Nicholas said..

Nancy tightened her grip on her hand, and it seemed there was no need to continue speaking.

“Madelline had a check-up today, and her condition isn’t looking good. Her emotions…”

Nancy immediately tilted her head and said coldly, “Fine, then go quickly!”

She wanted to avoid hearing a word of the reasons.

Why explain when he has already chosen?

After Nicholas left, Nancy was helping to greet family and friends as a regular member of the Sallows.

Because of her pregnancy, Nancy felt tired after standing for a while.

Her feet hurt a little to stand on.

She was wearing a new pair of shoes today, but they were unexpectedly causing blisters.

Nancy took a momentary break, seating herself in a nearby chair to apply a band-aid to her heel to relieve the pain and discomfort caused by blisters.

As soon as she sat down, she heard a sharp and mocking voice in her ear.

“Oh

my,

how disappointing. We could meet Nicholas’ wife today, but she didn’t attend. Do you think she must be incredibly ugly or fat, so she’s too afraid to show herself?”

Nancy vaguely remembered the girl who was speaking. She seemed to be Nicholas’ distant. cousin, but Nancy couldn’t recall her name.

“I don’t think so. Jacob would never arrange such a terrible woman for Nicholas. She’s not coming out because she’s too embarrassed. I heard her family is in an inferior condition. Her mom is at nurse, and her dad is a gambler. If it weren’t for her mom saving Grandfather’s life, with her background, she could never match up to the Sallows.”

“Children from small and humble families are just pitiful. They look poor and shabby, not to mention their unimpressive appearance. That’s why Nicholas hasn’t brought her out. He’s afraid of becoming a laughingstock.”

the side, discussing and ridiculing

fists. They could make fun of her, but they couldn’t make fun of her family, especially

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trouble but would face it when

“Seeing that you two are so pretty, gossiping about

girls turned to look at her at

smile, they grunted coldly, “Who are you? It’s

who I am. What matters is that I’m not used to seeing you

“Then what? Let me tell you, this is the

of speech, but you can’t make stuff up.”

mean?” The girl clutched her arms and stared at her incredulously. “How dare you contradict me!

girls behind her suddenly reached

not expecting that they would dare to cause trouble in

She can’t swim.

in the pool was

soon as she fell

about to shout for help, but the pool water instantly choked her.

Nancy began to sink

not wanting to cause a fatal accident, she immediately cried out for help, “Help! Someone has fallen

“Please help!”

two girls started shouting

guards from the Sallows jumped into the water. They pulled her out of the pool when Nancy was on the verge of losing consciousness.

Sarah rushed over and instructed the security guards to handle the

situation

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had been handling the entire birthday celebration on her own, from start to

for Albert, he had been enchanted by that seductress long ago, leaving even his father’s birthday celebration behind. He had said he’d be gone

Oh, right. Nancy.

entire hall and realized

Joe, have you seen Nancy? I haven’t seen her for a while. Can you check where

as she stopped talking, she realized that something was wrong.

just fell into the water?

person fall into the water just now?”

“She is upstairs.”

“Madam, you’re wearing high heels, be

into the