Chapter 9
Nicole keenly caught a glimpse of the determination in the man’s eyes and suddenly realized that he was seizing the opportunity of her return and came to sound her out, and encouraged her to withdraw the marriage arrangement. 

It seemed that he did not want this marriage either. Just that Mr. Johnston Sr. refused, and so he came to dissuade her from agreeing to this marriage. 

Nicole frowned slightly. She did not like to be manipulated, and hated being used even more. 

“The Johnston family is prominent in San Joto, and Mr. Johnston, you are older than me. It is inappropriate for a little girl like me to cancel the marriage arrangement, and it is going to make the Johnston family look bad.” 

Nicole called herself a little girl, but her composure did not look like an eighteen-year-old at all. 

Jared looked sideways at Nicole but only met with her unfathomable eyes, his heart trembling inexplicably as if he had been seen through by this precocious little girl. 

That was interesting. 

As Daniel and Gloria came out of their shock, Daniel said in a deep voice, “Nicole is right. It was Mr. Johnston Sr. who proposed the marriage arrangement. If Nicole were to back off from this engagement, it would upset Mr. Johnston Sr.” 

Besides, the impact of canceling the engagement would affect Nicole dearly, and they needed more time to think about it. 

Even if Nicole really wanted to back off from the engagement, it should not be Nicole who brought this up. It would jeopardize the friendship between the two families if things were not handled properly. 

But the marriage engagement between the two families had long been spread far and wide in San Joto. If the Johnston family was to cancel the engagement, it was going to affect Nicole, too. 

family was in a predicament, Jared thought for a moment and said, “Since it is a matter of two families, whichever side proposes it will hurt the friendship of the two families. So it

marriage, but if Nicole was not into it, they were

reputation? If their daughter chose not to get married, they

Nicole had no

disliked this pretentious guy, she was more opposed to losing her freedom, especially when she had just returned home. She had more important things to

gets better and I will come and pick up.” Jared smiled politely at Nicole.

and said,

and quietly cursed as Nicole rejected such a good marriage with just a few words. Not willing to let go, she glanced

pleasantries, Jared got up and left, refusing to

insisted, and Daniel let her be. That was the least

Daniel looked at Nicole with concern. “Are you really going

Jared came to discuss

felt that they were missing such an excellent man like Jared as their son-in-law. Nicole might regret it in the future.

studies are my priority.” Nicole made an excuse that was often seen

and will have more choices in the future.” Gloria was relieved, and Daniel did not

was seeing Jared out.

opposite the gentleness and

still plucked up enough courage and said, “Jared, my sister does not know any

sideways at Norah. “I don’t mind.”

sure if it was an illusion; Jared

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