Chapter 345 Nicole's Staying With Another Man Even though Jarrod tried to sound calm, Nicole could still detect the tension in his voice.

Nicole smirked and said, "Mr. Schultz, a wise person wouldn't call at this hour and ruin someone else's fun." ‘What if I'm not wise?" Despite looking unwell, Jarrod spoke with a force that demanded attention.

"Mr. Schultz, you used to be so smooth, especially with the ladies. What happened to your charm and understanding of simple manners?" "Nicole!" Jarrod's patience quickly ran out. His voice became stern. "I need you to come outside to meet me, right

now!" Jarrod's eyes turned red. Whether Nicole was playing with him or_toying I with him, he didn't mind. But the thought of her with another man was something he couldn't stand.

Hearing his tone, Nicole figured out his intentions. He knew she and Roscoe were at the hotel.

Nicole playfully responded, "I'm so sorry, but I'm not wearing anything suitable to come out right now." There was complete silence on Jarrod's end. There was no sound for a long moment, not even a breath.

If it weren't for the call still being connected, Nicole would have thought he had hung up.

Just as Nicole was about to hang-up, a

deep, male voice stopped her. "Nicole, are you trying to upset me?" Jarrod's voice became softer, almost begging. "Well, you've succeeded. I'm so furious that it hurts everywhere.

Please, just come down, will you?" His pain wasn't just emotional. Every breath he took felt like a stab wound.

He knew her request for him to kneel was nothing but a way of her punishment. Yet, he still knelt until everything went dark...

Even when he was seriously ill, on the brink of death, Alec couldn't convince Nicole to visit.

clear to him. Even in death, she wouldn't give

you to

in his chest. He clenched his fist and hit his chest, his voice growing colder,

other women as

a way to get her to talk more, replying, "Even if I'm a horny animal, I did once make you happy." Nicole was seething with rage. How had she not seen

"Don't interrupt my night hours with others anymore!" Jarrod's eyes narrowed, his voice filled with urgency. "Nicole, you wouldn't dare!" "Do

drove the Lawrence family to

blame but you?" Py As she spoke of the

upon returning was to visit her mother's nursing home, only

had been placed with her father's, just as Nicole had requested before

Nicole had braced herself for this, the actual words still made her tremble violently. She never thought the terms "ruined and destitute"

now that I have nothing left in this world, what else can you possibly take from me? My life? It's insignificant. If you're bold enough, try to take it, but know that you'll pay dearly!" Nicole's only purpose in life now

that moment, Jarrod felt as though his heart had been scooped out with bare hands. He was just an empty vessel filled with bitter sorrow. He said desperately, "It won't

me. Your mother..." 4 Jarrod was cut off by a sharp, male voice from

the line went

Beep.

beeping sound seemed

found himself staring at the overheating phone, moments stretching into what felt like

worried about the fate of his phone. After all,

I alone.

phone broke with a crisp snap. It shattered right in his grasp! IB Alec's eyes went wide, not because of the ruined phone but because

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