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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2022-05-14
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