Chapter 684

When everyone saw Eugene's expression soften, they all smiled along with him, and the atmosphere was lightened once more. Nicole took a mouthful of the food before complimenting it. "Did you prepare all of this, Mrs. Nolan? It tastes so good."

"Jewel was the one who made this!" Ellen said.

Only then did Nicole notice Jewel. "Oh. This is…"

Ellen was excited to introduce Jewel. "This is my goddaughter, Jewel." Jewel beamed at Ellen. Alex was surprised to hear this, and he signed a few words to Jewel. 'What does that mean? How did you end up as Mrs. Nolan's goddaughter?'

'We just happened to get along well, so Mrs. Nolan took me as her granddaughter.' Jewel signed. Alex was glad to hear that. Since Jewel's biological mother wasn't around, at least Jewel had someone who cared about her. Jewel could really use some love in her life. "Congratulations!" he uttered.

Jewel beamed at him. Nicole noticed how odd Alex and Jewel's interactions seemed, so she gave Hayden a puzzled stare. Hayden gave her a subtle shake of his head to indicate that he didn't know what was going on. However, Nicole didn't think about this for long, and she stood up with her wine glass before she turned to Olivia. "This is to you, Olivia. Thank you for helping my aunt treat her illness. You're truly a genius doctor."

"No worries. It's all part of my job," Olivia replied.

"Sean told me that you donated the fees to the orphanage. So, that's how you do charity! I'm really impressed," Nicole said.

matter to me—I'm just doing whatever I think is right." Nicole felt awkward for a moment. "Yeah. I seem to know you

she want to be my friend? She's just someone who puts on an act in front of me and says something else behind my back. Olivia raised her glass to finish the alcohol in it. She didn't agree

she also didn't want to create an awkward atmosphere at the table. Most of them didn't realize any tension between the two women, but Eugene knitted his

shook her head as she

you don't like her, do

you conclude

be her friend,"

her, didn't

you didn't egree to be her friend," he steted. "This is different

were extremely close—their heeds were precticelly stuck together. Alex teesed them for this. "Thet's ebout

"Yeeh. You guys should tell us ebout your secret," she edded. Olivie looked into Nicole’s eyes, which seemed threetening despite

efreid you guys would heve en overloed of informetion if we

it still felt rether odd! After their dinner, Nicole

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