Hacked Love
Chapter-1
On a rainy day in September, drizzle moisturized a mountain town and washed clean the stone streets with a refreshing earthy smell in the air.
An eighteen-year-old girl was on her way to the principal's office at the only high school in the town center.
She dressed austerely, but it did not hide the fact that she was beautiful. However, her emotionless eyes made her look sullen and unapproachable.
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿: " 𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁, 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲."
Class teacher, Ms. Mills, led the way for Nicole.
Nicole Wallace looked at her with some surprise, wondering why Ms. Mills was suddenly so nice to her.
Ms. Mills was someone who placed great importance on family background in the selection of class committee members.
The principal was equally excited; even his voice was a little trembling.
Nicole slowly chuckled as soon as she stepped into the principal's office.
It turned out to be because of him.
On the VIP sofa in the principal's office sat a tall man, dressed in an expensive suit, looking like a social elite, but his facial features were like hers.
Nicole was studying the man just as the man was studying her.
He initially planned to go to the hospital with her for a DNA test, but now it seemed unnecessary.
She was a dead ringer for her mother with the same fine facial features and fair and delicate skin. Her beauty was hard to conceal, even if she dressed casually.
Yet the most striking thing was her eyes.
Seeing him staring at herself, Nicole frowned and asked,
She had always known that she was not her grandmother's biological granddaughter, and she had thought that one day her birth family would come looking for her.
She thought her biological parents would come. This man was way too young.
A hint of frustration flashed in the man's deep-set eyes.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗜'𝗺 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿."
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲: "𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘁𝗼?"
Nicole rolled her eyes secretly; she had just learned that, for god's sake.
Three years ago, her parents (𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀) had died in a car accident, and only then her grandmother told her the truth - she was adopted by them when she was a child.
No wonder her adoptive parents had been so cold to her and left her in the countryside.
After the death of her adoptive parents, her grandma registered her at the welfare office, waiting for her biological family to come to reunite with her.
Nicole did not expect that this day would come, much less her brother was the general manager of Riddle Corporation, a famous name in San Joto.
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
"𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?"
Nicole had a hard time believing such a plot twist.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲."
Nicole frowned. It turned out that things were far from what she had imagined all this time. She could hardly imagine what it would be like to have four elder brothers. It would probably be noisy.
Seeing that Nicole was deep in thought, Mrs. Wallace Sr. said to Sean politely,
𝗠𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗿.: "𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁. 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱."
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗠𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱."
Sean got up with a polite smile and then took out a gift box from his backpack.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
Mr. Barrett quickly stood up and tried to butter Nicole up.
𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁: "𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁. 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿."
Hearing Mr. Barrett's words, Sean's face turned stony, and he glanced back at Mr. Barrett and said indifferently.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁, 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗮𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀."
The Riddle family would owe no one debt of gratitude.
𝗠𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁: "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂! 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲."
His brother's generosity impressed Nicole, who at last accepted the gift out of politeness.
Mr. Barrett gave some more flattery talks before he and his headteacher saw them out.
There was a Rolls-Royce parked up in front of the school, surrounded by other luxury cars, which had long attracted attention.
Regina Wynn was stopped by her buddy as soon as she got out of a car.
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝘆: "𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲?"
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮: " 𝗪𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁?"
As the daughter of a member of the school's board of directors, she got all the attention all the time until today, when this Rolls-Royce came along.
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝘆: "𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹."
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?"
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮: '𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘁𝗼'𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹?'
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝘆: " 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘂𝗽.𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿."
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮: " 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁? 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹."
While the two people were talking, behind them, the principal and a group of headteachers were accompanying a tall man and Nicole to walk out of the school.
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝘆: " 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻."
Regina was astounded as she turned around. If that man was the general manager of Riddle Corporation, then the girl next to him should be his sister.
But that girl turned out to be Nicole, the bumpkin she hated and despised the most.
Regina's face changed drastically. She could not believe that Nicole was actually from the Riddle family.
Regina was not in the same league as Nicole, both in looks and studies. She even did not expect that her family background, which she had always been proud of, was completely eclipsed by Nicole's, and this made her feel jealous to the extreme.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿, 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲."
In full view of everyone, Sean helped Nicole open the car door like a gentleman as he looked at her with gentle eyes.
𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: "He is so charming. If only I could have such a charming and rich brother."
𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁: "Yeah, I'm really envious of her."
Regina listened to the discussion with the jealousy and hatred in her surging like a stormy sea. So, she deliberately shouted,
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮: "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳? 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗸𝗶𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁."
Nicole was about to get into the car and paused when she heard that. Now, even Sean's eyes had darkened.
𝗠𝘀. 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹: " 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮."
𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁: "𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱?"
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
"𝗠𝘀. 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹'𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗻𝗸𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
Ms. Mills did not expect Nicole to mention that she received monetary benefit by appointing the student council president. Right now, she felt a burning sensation on her face because of the humiliation.
When she removed Nicole and appointed Regina to be the student council president, she had gotten a green light from Mr. Barrett.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
(icy voice) "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁."
𝗠𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁: " 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗠𝘀. 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀."
𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁: "𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲."
Ms. Mills was dumbfounded. So did Regina, realizing that her position as the chairman that she bought with money had ended.
Sean pulled back his gaze, and his frosty expression instantly dissipated as he smiled at Nicole.
At first, Nicole just wanted to stir the pot a little to scare them, not expecting Sean to stand up for her. She now felt a little fonder of this strange brother.
It felt good to have a brother.
Nicole got in the car, and Sean drove her and Mrs. Wallace Sr. away, leaving behind everyone looking in surprise and envy.
The Rolls-Royce soon arrived at Nicole's little house, where she and her grandmother lived together. Sean followed Nicole to pick up her luggage.
There were only a few things that Nicole had with her: a notebook, a school bag, and a few pieces of clothing.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻𝗲."
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
"𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀."
Nicole said while holding her grandma.
She had always been averse to trouble, so she liked it simple.
The driver could not be more surprised. Sean seemed to be very gentle with his lost-and-found sister. The treatment he gave to this sister was something not even the existing sister could enjoy.
Before getting into the car, Nicole repeatedly told her grandmother not to see them out. Her usual emotionless eyes turned gentle as she said,
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
"𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮, 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
Mrs. Wallace Sr. nodded with tears in her eyes and then reluctantly let go of Nicole's hand and watched her get into the car.
As the car drove on, Nicole retracted her gaze only when Mrs. Wallace Sr. grew smaller and smaller before disappearing in the rearview mirror.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻."
Sean said with concern when he saw the pain in her eyes.
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
"𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘁𝗼."
Otherwise, she would have asked her grandmother to go with her a long time ago.
Not expecting that Nicole was so thoughtful, Sean started to feel sorry and like her even more.
He said nothing further and gave her some space.
Nicole looked out the window as the town she had been living in was getting farther and farther away behind her.
After leaving her grandmother, she would no longer have to conceal herself.
The car drove on for hours before they finally reached San Joto.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗗𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
Sean pointed toward the Riddle family house.
She did not know who the Riddle family was, but judging by the manor and the massive house that no ordinary people could afford, she could tell that they must be super-rich.
But Nicole was not as excited and surprised as girls from other ordinary families would react. She just nodded gently.
After the rest of them got out of the car, she followed Sean into the house.
After a while, they came to a hall where Nicole saw three people.
A couple, neatly dressed, was sitting on the sofa and a young girl about her age was on the side.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗮, 𝗺𝗼𝗺, 𝗱𝗮𝗱, 𝗜 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸."
As soon as Sean's voice trailed off, Gloria Holder and Daniel Riddle saw a tall girl walk in behind Sean.
The girl was slim, her skin delicate like gelatin. Although she dressed simply, she was graceful with beautiful eyes. People simply could not take their eyes off her when they saw her.
The moment Gloria saw Nicole, her eyes welled up instantly.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿!"
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Introduction.
-- 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲
-- 18 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱.
-- 𝗗𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹.
-- 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱.
-- 𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁.
--𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲.
-- 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲
-- 24 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱.
-- 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
-- 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.
--𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿.
-- 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿.
-- 42 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱.
-- 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿
-- 𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲.
-- 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵.
-- 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲
-- 45 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱.
-- 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿
-- 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼.
-- 𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗿.
-- 80 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗢𝗹𝗱
-- 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.
-- 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱.
-- 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲.
-- 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵
-- 18 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱.
-- 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿.
-- 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝘂𝘅𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿.
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Chapter-2
Bloodline was something amazing. Even though Gloria had not seen Nicole for many years, she could recognize the girl in front of her to be Nicole, her biological daughter, at first glance.
Nicole also had this special feeling. So, when Gloria rushed over and hugged her, she did not resist.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗢𝗵, 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂."
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻."
So, her abduction was real.
Nicole used to wonder why her family abandoned her. Was it because she was a daughter?
Now knowing that her loved ones cared about her, Nicole's heart softened, and the look on her face was not as stony as when they first met.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗠𝗼𝗺, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄."
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗜'𝗺 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆."
Gloria agreed but did not let go of her grip. She sat Nicole down.
Seeing the entire family surrounding Nicole, a hint of jealousy flashed in the eyes of the girl next to them. But the girl quickly put on a smile.
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵
"𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘆. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿."
Only then everyone remembered the girl, Norah Riddle. Seeing Norah so thoughtful, Gloria could not help but feel warmhearted.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹."
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵
"𝗠𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲. 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿."
Nicole shot her a glance as she took the glass from Norah.
Sean noticed Nicole's gaze and made the introduction.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆."
Sean mentioned that Gloria and Daniel had not continued to look for Nicole because they had found a child with a birthmark behind her ear in the third year of Nicole's abduction.
So, they mistook Norah as their daughter and did not continue the search.
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵
"𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲."
Norah held out her hand with a friendly smile.
Nicole had a cold temperament and did not like physical contact with people. She was not too warmed up to seeing her parents again, let alone facing strangers.
So, she ignored Norah's hand and just nodded at her.
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
"𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
Norah's hand stayed in the air, and she looked at Gloria and Daniel with a hint of hurt feeling in her eyes. It was like Nicole had bullied her.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱."
"I understand. I have lived using her identity for so many years. She has a reason to hate me. I am fine, Sean."
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵
"𝗜 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱. 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻."
Norah's words instantly had everyone's attention on her.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗡𝗼 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵, 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸."
Gloria looked at Norah, feeling sorry for her. Even though Norah was not her biological daughter, she had raised her and still loved her.
Nicole smirked, hating to see Norah making a fuss while saying hello. This person was really interesting.
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼. 𝗜𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗜 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
The other three people stayed silent upon hearing what Nicole said.
At first, Sean furrowed his brow when he heard what Norah had said. But now, his frown had eased up, and he looked with appreciation at his newfound sister in front of him.
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲."
Norah bit her lip and glanced at Nicole.
At first, she thought that since Nicole was from the countryside, she must be a typical country bumpkin. But Nicole turned out to be extremely beautiful and a tough opponent.
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵
"𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵."
Seeing Norah's tactful response, Nicole did not pursue the matter further.
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
"𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺? 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳."
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
(𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲) "𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
Nicole nodded and went upstairs with Gloria and Daniel.
The happy smile of the family of three stung Norah's eyes.
Before Nicole returned, all the favors of her parents were hers. But now, when they knew she was not their biological daughter, they gave all their love to Nicole.
Sean suddenly spoke. Norah immediately fought back the emotion in her eyes and smiled.
Sean took a hard look at Norah, hoping that the dismal look he had just seen in her eyes was not true.
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹. 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹."
It was Nicole again. Norah was upset but still put on a smile.
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵
"𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲."
𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻
"𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆."
Norah's voice was unnatural as hatred grew inside her. Were they so desperate to kick her out of the family so that they could be reunited as a family?
Norah gritted her teeth quietly as her resentment of Nicole grew even more.
Sean was really busy. He headed back to his office right afterward.
Gloria dragged Nicole into a room that faced east on the second floor.
The corner of Nicole's mouth twitched when she saw everything inside the room was rose pink, very girly.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂."
Gloria's eyes were filled with tenderness when talking about Norah.
Daniel was afraid that Nicole would think too much and quickly signaled to Gloria.
Gloria came to her senses and became cautious when she spoke.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁?"
Nicole had never been picky about these things. Just that things were a little over the top for her, but she still accepted their kindness.
Gloria was relieved that her daughter still liked it, so she followed up and continued.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹.𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻. 𝗦𝗼, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.
It was so heartwarming to know that her brothers still had her at heart, Nicole thought.
Gloria was afraid that Nicole did not know how to use the facilities in the room, so she showed her how to. After that, she sat Nicole down on the bed with an avuncular look on her face.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲, 𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆?"
With her mother holding her hand, Nicole once again felt the closeness of this mother-daughter relationship. It felt a little uncomfortable, but it was also heartwarming.
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲
(𝘯𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥) " 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗼𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗗𝗮𝗱."
Daniel had said nothing, but he immediately broke out in a smile when Nicole called him Dad.
The two chatted for a while, and then they left Nicole alone so that she could rest up.
Nicole now felt extra relaxed lying in the bathtub.
She had always wanted to install a bathtub at her grandmother's house but was afraid that her grandmother would be worried, thinking that her money came from an unknown source.
So, she really had not gotten the chance to do it even though she had the money.
After taking a bath, it was not yet dinner time. Nicole planned to take a stroll outside to familiarize herself with the environment and make her work easier in the future.
But before she could leave, a maid approached and invited her to the living room
As soon as she came downstairs, she saw an old man sitting on the sofa.
Daniel saw Nicole and immediately beckoned her over to sit down.
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲
"𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗮."
Nicole had been living in a small town, but she had come into contact with many people, especially those from the upper social class.
The old man looked over seventy, but was still in good health. He had that authoritative persona typical of a patriarch of a family elder in him.
Nicole bowed her head slightly as she greeted Mr. Riddle Sr. with respect.
Mr. Riddle Sr. responded, then studied Nicole carefully before retracting his gaze.
𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗿.
"𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗮 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻."
Mr. Riddle Sr. did not mention who, but there was no difference from saying Norah's name aloud.
𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗿.
"𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆."
Nicole was startled slightly. It looked like Mr. Riddle Sr. did not like Norah.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗗𝗮𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆."
𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗿.
"𝗜𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘄𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁?"
Mr. Riddle Sr. knew what he was talking about, and that made Nicole respect him.
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲
"𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁."
As reluctant as Norah was, she did not want to stay here and get humiliated, so she hurried back to her room.
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲
"𝗗𝗮𝗱, 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵'𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗿.
(𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥) "𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀."
Gloria was stunned for a moment, looking in a pickle.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗗𝗮𝗱, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼 .𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲."
Nicole looked at Gloria, whose sincere expression told her that Gloria was a kind and soft-hearted person.
𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗿.
"𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀, 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀."
𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲
"𝗗𝗮𝗱, 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆. 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵'𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻."
Meanwhile, no one noticed Norah was hiding in the corner upstairs, staring at Nicole angrily.
Mr. Riddle Sr. had never liked her from the beginning. Now that Nicole was back, she became a complete joke.
She would definitely make Mr. Riddle Sr. realize that she was a thousand times better than that country girl.
Mr. Riddle Sr. looked back at Nicole. The longer he looked, the more he liked her. After all, she was his biological granddaughter.
When the other old guys talked about their granddaughters next time, he could finally join them and talk about his precious granddaughter.
𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗿.
"𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗮𝗸. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲?"
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
"𝗗𝗮𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿."
Knowing Mr. Riddle Sr. was a straight talker, Gloria came to Nicole's defense, afraid that the question was too hard for Nicole to handle.
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