Too Shallow
Clayton suddenly stood up. His face was glum from holding back. He did not lose his temper over such a
trivial matter duet o his good upbringing.
“It’s fine. I’ll go to the washroom.”
Clayton looked at Nicole as he spoke.
Nicole nodded, and Clayton strode away with his long legs.
Ava stood there guiltily. “I was too careless. How could I be so stupid? Nicole, your boyfriend won’t be
mad at m e, right?”
Nicole slowly took a sip of the red wine.” He won’t.”
‘He’ll just hate you.”
Ava sat back in her seat, nervous and worried.
“No, I have to go check if he needs help o r not. Nicole, wait here…”
Nicole raised her brows. Her smile Rdeepened. “Sure…”
She seemed to understand who Ava came here for
After a while, the waiter came up. blushing and hesitating to speak
“Ms. Stanton, I think your friend is being pestered by that woman. Are you sure you don’t want to go and
have a look?
Nicole paused. Then, she stood up while holding the glass of wine.
Thank you. I’ll go look.”
Even the waiter could not stand it anymore. How shameless was that woman?
Nicole walked to the corridor that had some exquisite antique vases and decorative paintings around. It
was clear that the restaurant went through great efforts to improve its style.
Before Nicole could admire the decorative paintings on the wall, she heard Clayton’s suppressed voice
rebuking, You’re Nicole’s classmate. Please conduct yourself properly.”
“I just want you to take off your soiled
ust want you to take off your soiled clothes so I can wash them. You won’t misunderstand ine, right?
Besides, Nicole changes her man on a daily basis and has seen her fair share of men. She’ll probably
forget all about you. You should open your eyes and see clearly. There are Tumors among our
classmates that her reputation isn’t good. She only knows how to pretend to be lofty in front of here x-
husband, but who knows how she is privately…”
Clayton’s cold and stern voice interrupted her.
“Ms. York, it’s appalling to talk about others behind their backs. I don’t want to listen to it either.”
Clayton wanted to leave, but Ava stopped him. Her seductive look was breathtaking as she parted her
red lips.
Why don’t you want to hear this? Don’t you want to know her?”
That’s because everything that comes out of your mouth is garbage.”
Clayton turned and pushed Ava away to g o out when he saw Nicole leaning on the
wall, gently swirling the glass of red wine in her hand.
He froze for a moment.
His face was gloomy, and there was no warmth or softness in his eyes. He looked completely different
from the usual Clayton Sloan.
So, even Clayton could get angry…’ Nicole smiled and looked at him with raised brow’s
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