Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted by Eleven Jewell

Chapter 2300

Leighton hesitated to share these thoughts with Nicole. It was mainly because during their previous "relationship’' publicity stunt, Nicole unintentionally bumped into his family while they were together. Except for his cousins, no one else in his family knew that their relationship was a charade. They were ecstatic to see Nicole and insisted on treating her to meals.

Despite Nicole's tough demeanor around him, she knew exactly how to act around elders. She addressed them as grandpa, grandma, uncle, and aunt, melting everyone's hearts. Even his father, who typically disapproved of entertainment industry stars, seemed to approve of her, silently expressing, "You've done well, kid, finding such a beautiful and remarkable partner."

Nicole's behavior made Leighton question if his previous perceptions of her were biased or exaggerated. But after they finished eating, she surprised him in the car, saying, "Didn't realize you're such a mommy's boy, needing your mom to clean your fish for you."

"Mommy's boy" were the two words Leighton despised the most. It all began when he was in middle school. One morning, his mother showed up at school with milk for him.

He had overslept and rushed to school without eating breakfast. His mother was worried he'd be hungry, so she brought him food.

mother wasn't tall, only about 1.6 meters. Though her husband wasn't short, she believed a child's height was determined by the mother's genes. She feared Leighton wouldn't grow tall enough, so she always included milk in his meals. However, Leighton disliked drinking milk, and she

meal, she hugged him as usual. Unfortunately, some gossiping classmates witnessed

escalated from "Leighton still needs his mommy to hug him" to " Leighton still sleeps with his mommy,"

hitting the gossiping classmates,

lectured him, insisting violence wasn't

listen; he blamed her entirely. If she hadn't hugged him at school, the rumors

he disliked being hugged. Despite numerous rejections, she persisted. So, for the first time, he vented his anger at his mother, blaming

remained silent, tearing up. His father, upon learning of the

poor academics and inability to discern right from wrong. If not for his mother's intervention, he would've been severely

from hugging him before school. She interacted with him cautiously, sometimes making him