Fell in Love with Mr.Right at The Wrong Time

Chapter 196

Tension began filling the space after Nicole made her stance, and the two said nothing more, squaring off with their gazes.

Suddenly, Colton entered the front door and strode toward the two women.

He didn't seem at all surprised by his aunt's visit, greeting her as he stood next to Nicole, "Aunt Olivia."

Olivia's face was still deadpan despite Colton's appearance. She dipped her head in reply and stood up.

"I've been here for a while, so I'll take my leave now," she announced as she grabbed her bag.

After a few steps, she stopped and turned her head sideways to him to remind him, "Colton, not anybody can marry into the Gardner Family."

At that, she took a profound glance at Nicole.

left, Colton said softly to Nicole, "You don't have to take my aunt's words to heart. She's always been

you for sheltering me. Now that the public pressure has lessened, I should move back home, or I'll

just as he wanted to say something, the phone call earlier popped into his mind, so

speak, Nicole smiled and continued, "It's indeed not right of me to

said in a slightly

words had her stumped as she didn't expect him to put it that way. Then, she took a good look at him to notice a thin layer of sweat on his forehead despite his

radiating from him when

struck her that he had

table, then refused resolutely,

refusal, she turned to head upstairs, but just as she took a step, he grabbed her

stumped Nicole looked over her shoulder

he announced, "You can continue to stay

a pause, she responded, "Thank you, President Gardner. The reason why I sought shelter here was because of the public's voices regarding Daniella's suicide. Now that they're gone, I