Nicole blurted out the so-called flawless excuse of hers, which she had long rehearsed in her mind countless times, in a sincere and serious manner.

Evan gazed at her with his abysmal pair of eyes. He found her odd because she wouldn’t stop fidgeting with the edge of her shirt.

Knitting his brows together, he neglected the things that she had told him and asked in return because he couldn’t suppress his curiosity anymore.

“I heard that someone has delivered you a gift. What is it?”

Nicole stared at Evan, wide-eyed. She couldn’t figure out who had turned their back against her and told him of the things that they should have kept from him.

If I’m not able to convince Evan, the flawless excuse that I have just made up isn’t going to do me any good, right?

After falling silent for a few seconds, she explained, “It’s a present from my assistant. I thought that something bad might have happened to her when I received the gift. Thus, I rushed over to her place to check if everything was fine.”

“What is it?” Evan decided to probe further into the matter. He thought that there was something fishy going on behind the scene because he noticed that Nicole was being anxious in an odd manner.

out the reason that she would want to keep him in the dark

I have returned it to

Evan shot her after she finished her sentence, Nicole felt as though she didn’t

I’d thought that it was something horrifying when I’d heard you screaming in the room back then. I’d even heard the sound of

a beat and started to race thereafter because of the maid’s words. She had never once noticed that

nerves were at breaking point

his eyes in suspicion. It was evident that he was anticipating

are you talking about? Are you sure that you were not hearing things?” Nicole decided to put the blame

with an odd look in return because she wasn’t aware of

Nicole’s words, yet she decided to give

words, she apologized, “I’m so sorry, Ms. Lane. I

had blamed the maid for something that she hadn’t done.

that he had detected, Evan decided to stop probing further because Nicole seemed

walked over and approached Nicole. Holding her hand, he suggested, “Let’s go and get something to

the scent of the tobacco that was exclusive to

could vividly recall the similar scent on her dress the last time she had made her way

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