“In This Life, She’S Not Rushing Love”
Episode-5
--Nicole was drenched in sweat, the pain from rehabilitation biting into her with every movement—but she pushed through it. She always had been proud, the kind of woman who wanted to stand tall, to shine on her own. Being confined to a wheelchair, relying on others to move from one place to another—it was a humiliation she refused to accept.--
Nicole Long[FL]
[Say what you will about my villainous past, but pity was never mine to wear. I wasn’t the one being looked down on—I was the one looking.]
--It had been over three months since her discharge from the hospital, yet normalcy still felt like a distant dream. She wasn’t just fighting her body—she was fighting the weight of the past. And before she could even begin to decide what to do about that man… and that accident from four years ago… she had to win this battle first.--
Nicole Long[FL]
(leans back on the couch)
Nicole Long[FL]
(throw the wet towel on her face and neck)
Nicole Long[FL]
[Let's Focus on standing on my feet first]
Nicole Long[FL]
[I should be on my healthy lifestyle to be able to uncover that dream I am having and try to do something]
--She paused midway through her thoughts, uncertain why this was even bothering her so much. When she had first awakened in this body, it wasn’t just shock—it was something colder, emptier. She hadn’t wanted to live. That part of her had already died, long ago, along with everything she’d once held dear. But fate had other plans. Out of nowhere, she woke up… in someone else’s body. Nicole’s.--
Nicole Long[FL]
(furrowed brows)
--And now, here she was—thinking, remembering, feeling things that didn’t even belong to her. Entangled in a life that wasn’t hers to begin with. And yet, the more time passed, the harder it became to tell where she ended and where Nicole began.
Why was she getting pulled into the mess Nicole left behind?
Why did it matter?
She told herself it didn’t. But some part of her—small, stubborn, and uneasy—was starting to whisper otherwise.--
Nicole Long[FL]
(pushed her wheelchair in the café)
Ford [FL personal bodyguard]
(stood beside her) What would you like to have Young Miss?
Nicole Long[FL]
Macchiato and pumpkin pudding
Ford [FL personal bodyguard]
Sure. I'll place the order (left)
Nicole Long[FL]
(rest her face on her hand leisurely)
Nicole Long[FL]
(picked up) Hello
Nicole Long[FL]
(massage her temples helplessly)
Nicole Long[FL]
[No matter how many times I heard my own voice I can not come to accept this girlish sweet honey like soft voice is in my possession 😑]
Nicole Long[FL]
[That's too much of a contrast]
She was an independence female entrepreneur, who was trained to be the leading leader of the Collins Company. Albeit the small scale of the company they do had some influence in the USA and their close connection with Hamilton Family, was a cherry on the top.
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Cousin are you at home? (sobbed tone)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
I.... Where can I find you hic?
Nicole Long[FL]
Milton Café at West district
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Oh (hung up)
Nicole Long[FL]
[What's with her?]
Ford [FL personal bodyguard]
Young Miss, here (put the tray down)
Nicole Long[FL]
Order a flat white with one serving of strawberry cake
Ford [FL personal bodyguard]
Sure
Nicole Long[FL]
And just order whatever you want to eat and sit at any table. Don't disturb me for now.
Ford [FL personal bodyguard]
I get it
Ford [FL personal bodyguard]
(walked away)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
(lying on the table with tissue inserted in her nostrils)
Nicole Long[FL]
(ー_ー゛)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
(sobs like a princess in castle with silent tears and red eyes)
Nicole Long[FL]
Did you come here just to cry?
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
(sniffs and raises her head)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Cousin I-
--Here is your order Miss (put the food on the table)
Nicole Long[FL]
(gesture from her eyes) Have it. It's for you.
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Cousin!! (pouch on her while crying)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Boohoohoo
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Wahhh
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Boohoohoo 😭😭
Nicole Long[FL]
(question mark)
Nicole Long[FL]
So you have been kicked out of the house because you ain't the real daughter and the real is back. (blunt)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Cousin 😭
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
I ran away
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
(wiped all her tears and now eating cake)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
You don't know, but I am fascinated by those novel and short dramas related to real and fake heiress and I once adore these a lot and (touched her nose guiltily)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
I did fantasize in my one hundred wishes to have such a drama in my life
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
But now I have become the side main character of this drama (;ŏ﹏ŏ)
Nicole Long[FL]
(speechless)
Nicole Long[FL]
[Now what can I comment?]
Valiant Long[FL's Second Cousin]
Noelle (walks in)
Galen Long[FL's First Cousin]
Noelle (walks in)
Galen Long[FL's First Cousin]
Why did you run away like this?
Valiant Long[FL's Second Cousin]
It's not that we can't feed your small mouth and stomach
Valiant Long[FL's Second Cousin]
(hugs her)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
(the dried up tears welled up again)
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
Yes, I eat very little brother
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
My stomach is very small
Noelle Long[FL's Third Cousin Cousin]
(sniff)
Nicole Long[FL]
(signal Ford to come)
Ford [FL personal bodyguard]
(walks to her)
Nicole Long[FL]
You all talk this out. I'll go to rest
Galen Long[FL's First Cousin]
(touch her head) Thanks for taking care of her, Nini. Go and rest well
Nicole Long[FL]
[I am still unaccustomed to such gesture and being treated as a younger instead of elder child]
Luther Long[FL's Elder brother]
Such a major thing happened to second uncle, Dad. Are we going there to see them?
Nicholai Long/ Eldest Son[FL's Dad]
(solemn) let's wait for a while before going there
Nicholai Long/ Eldest Son[FL's Dad]
It's little complicated right now.
Nicole Long[FL]
(calmly eating her fruits)
No one could have anticipated the storm that would hit the second branch of the Long family. Early that morning, a girl appeared at their doorstep, claiming to be their biological daughter. By noon, her words were no longer a mere claim — the truth was irrefutably proven. The revelation shook the household to its core. But then, what of the girl who had lived with them all these years, loved and raised as their own? The tests confirmed what no one dared to imagine — she shared not a drop of the Long family’s blood.
Nicole Long[FL]
(wiped her mouth) I am done.
Nicole Long[FL]
Am going for a walk?
Karl Marx Long/Actor[FL's Second brother
(stood up) Let's go. I'll walk you out
Nicole Long[FL]
[It's too dramatic]
![Nicole Long[FL]](https://up-pic.mangatoon.mobi/contribute/fiction/11079012/avatar/11726536/1750230141416.jpeg-s200webp?sign=4a1d8b1dedd4d5c2b6d7dd3ed0b15a5f&t=686f0280)
![Ford [FL personal bodyguard]](https://up-pic.mangatoon.mobi/contribute/fiction/11079012/avatar/11726536/1750245707852.jpeg-s200webp?sign=484863db0172a16b0393a7ff1e4a593c&t=686f0280)
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