"Why aren't you answering the phone? It's ringing."
Olivia felt that Nicole was a little strange. Perhaps because Nicole had just woken up, she was actually
a little dumb--in a cute way.
However, Nicole hung up the phone directly and whispered, "No one called. It's Lucas’ phone. He left it
for me, so that I can play games to kill time. I didn't expect this kid to set an alarm clock."
"Really? Lucas has developed a new game? I want to try it!"
Olivia hurriedly reached out for the phone.
However, Nicole smiled and said, "I haven't had enough fun yet. Queue up! Oh right, I suddenly feel
like eating something. Go and buy me some mangoes, will you?"
Olivia curled her lips and said, "You stingy bastard! Play it yourself! I don't care. Besides, you're just
getting a little better now, is it alright to eat mangoes?"
"I don't know. Go ask Gabrielle."
"You glutton," Olivia said
Still, she quickly walked out and headed towards Gabrielle's office.
She had to ask Gabrielle if Nicole could eat mangoes. If she couldn't, she would never buy Nicole any
mango, even if she was to be beaten to death.
Seeing Olivia leave, Nicole dialed Tim's number.
"Damn brat, you actually dare to hang up on me? Are you that sure that I won't get angry with you? I'm
telling you, if you weren't Nicole's son, I won't even bother to look at you! Do you hear?"
"Tim, this is Nicole."
As soon as Nicole spoke, Tim was frozen.
"Nicole?"
He hurriedly took out his phone and looked at it carefully.
But it was indeed Lucas’ number!
When Tim was still a little dumbfounded, Nicole said, "I know what you and Lucas have done for
Samuel."
Upon these words, Tim immediately understood.
"You have that brat's phone?"
"Yes. Lucas already told me everything. Thank you."
Nicole was truly grateful to Tim.
Not everyone would risk their lives to do such things.
Nicole felt that she owed Tim more and more favors. She wondered if she could ever repay him in this
lifetime.
Thinking of her illness, Nicole hoped that Tim could have a bright future. She hoped that he could have
a woman who loved him by his side, and live the rest of his life in peace.
However, Nicole would not say these words right now. Even if she did, Tim wouldn't listen.
Tim heard Nicole thank him again and again, but he didn't want her to thank him at all.
"Come on. If you really want to thank me, treat me to dinner later. It's best if Samuel cooks for me
personally."
"Deal!"
Nicole agreed, which left Tim confused.
"Deal? Do you suppose that Samuel will cook for me?"
"He will listen to what I say."
What Nicole said truly hurt Tim.
Although Nicole didn't intentionally PDA, it sounded like that to Tim.
He suddenly felt something troubling his throat.
"How can you be so sure? We don't know if he can come back yet. If he doesn't come back, how can
he cook for me? By the way, what do you mean? Are you going to save him or not? Or should I bring
someone from my family? Rest assured. Although I'm jealous of Samuel, and I don't like him, I'll do my
best to save him for you."
Tim said proudly.
Nicole's heart was filled with warmth.
It was worth everything to have such a confidant in this lifetime.
She whispered, "Tim, can you leave this matter alone?"
"What?"
Tim was astonished.
He thought that Nicole would do anything to save Samuel. Although he was feeling extremely
uncomfortable, and he also knew that after saving Samuel, Nicole would spend less time with him, Tim
still wanted to see Nicole happy.
Now that Nicole suddenly told him not to interfere in Samuel's matter, it would be strange if Tim wasn't
surprised.
"Nicole, are you sober?"
"Of course. I'm very grateful that you've come here for me—for Samuel. I know that very few people
can do this. I, Nicole, will remember what you did forever. However, Tim, I beg you, please—please
pretend that you don't know anything about this matter. You can't, and you won't say anything to
anyone. Also, don't do anything, okay?"
Doubts filled Tim's heart as he listened to Nicole's request.
"Why?"
"I can't tell you the reason yet, but I want your word."
Nicole knew that her request was a bit too much, but she said it anyway.
After a moment of silence, Tim said in a low voice, "You know that I'll agree to any of your requests, no
matter what they are. Don't worry, I'll delete the video, and pretend that nothing happened. I won't say
anything to anyone, but I want to ask you, is this really what you want?"
"Yes, this is what I want the most right now!"
As soon as Nicole finished speaking, she heard Tim say, "OK. If you've thought it through, I have no
objections."
"Thank you, Tim."
"For what? On the contrary, I should thank you for not needing me to risk my life anymore. You don't
even know about this--your naughty son offered to apply ointment to my shoulder. He said that it was
the best ointment, that Finn gave it to him. In the end, he added chili oil to it and threatened that I would
have to help him find Samuel. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone."
Tim continued to talk casually, but Nicole was getting a little emotional.
"Sorry to trouble you," she said.
"Come on, let's not talk about this anymore. I'm a little sleepy. Maybe I should go get some sleep first.
You should take good care of yourself. I'll come over to see you tonight. What do you want for dinner?
Tell me. I'll buy it for you."
Tim directly changed the topic.
Nicole realized that he didn't want to talk about the matter anymore, so she also stopped mentioning it.
She smiled and said, "You can come tomorrow. Have a good rest tonight. I'll be sad if you collapse
because of me."
"Alright."
Tim hung up the phone with Nicole just like that.
He leaned against the bed. Suddenly, he felt a little irritated.
He had decided that if needed, he would use some hidden power to help Nicole. However, he didn't
expect that Nicole would actually make such a request.
Tim didn't know why Nicole did this. Yet, he smiled self-deprecatingly.
He lit a cigarette and began to make a call to his men.
"Go back. Go home. The operation has been cancelled."
Tim was a little too impatient to listen to what his man was saying. He hung up the phone directly.
Looking at Nicole's selfie on his phone's standby screen, he bitterly smiled and said to himself, 'Tim,
even if you take out your heart out and put it in front of her, she won't take it. What else can you do?'
His loneliness really made people feel a little sad.
After Nicole hung up the phone, she also felt sorry for Tim. No matter what, if it weren't for him, she
would still have no clue of Samuel's situation.
Now, her request might have hurt him.
Nicole felt somehow miserable.
But she could never give Tim what he wanted.
Nicole took out Lucas’ phone and deleted all the videos.
She knew that this matter would remain hidden until the day it came to light.
When Olivia returned, she saw Nicole leaning against the French window and looking at the scenery
outside. She couldn't help but also glance outside the window. Then, she asked, "What are you looking
at?"
"At those patients. They are all sick, yet it seems that they are feeling good."
Olivia rolled her eyes when she heard this.
"Come on. Hurry up and eat your mango. Doctor Farley said that you can't eat too much. One a day at
most."
"Thank you, Olivia. What should I do without you?"
Nicole said in a pretentious way, which successfully disgusted Olivia.
"Stop it. Please return to normal. I'm not used to the way you are right now!"
Olivia went to peel a mango for Nicole. After eating it, they chatted merrily for a while, and then went to
rest.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
During these two days, Nicole did not mention anything about Samuel. She did not even say the name
"Samuel" once.
Olivia thought that Nicole was completely disappointed in Samuel, so she stopped talking about him in
front of her.
The next day, Tim came, but he only stayed for a while. He said that he had some business to do in the
company, then left.
Olivia felt that Tim and Nicole were having problems, but judging from the way Nicole acted, she
couldn't know for sure. She felt a little puzzled.
"What's wrong with you and Tim?"
"Nothing. We're good."
Nicole said indifferently, her look indifferent, too.
Although Olivia was still confused, she couldn't ask any further.
This morning, Nicole suddenly woke up early and said to Olivia, "Will you come with me? I want to buy
some clothes."
"What?"
Olivia thought that she hadn't heard her correctly.
Nicole smiled and said, "Come with me to buy some clothes. There should be something new. I want to
take a look."
"You're crazy. You're still in hospital. What kind of clothes are you buying?"
Olivia felt that Nicole was especially excited today.
Yet, Nicole smiled again, "I've talked to Gabrielle. My condition is good enough for me to go out and
have a stroll. She also said I can be discharged from the hospital."
"Discharged? You must be joking! Everything was so serious a few days ago, but now you're actually
going to be discharged? Nicole, can you stop messing around? Stay in the hospital obediently, do you
hear me?"
Olivia felt that Nicole was simply crazy.
Even though Nicole has recovered quite well in the past few days, she can't just leave the hospital so
simply. Shouldn't she stay here for a few more days, just in case?
Nicole said, still laughing, "Without Doctor Farley's approval, can I discharge myself? Alright, it's not a
big problem. You know, I was ill because I was kidnapped. Now, to put it bluntly, I'm just having some
gynecological diseases of women. It's nothing big."
Olivia frowned when she heard these words.
"Tell me what exactly you are going out for. Don't think me as a three-year-old child. I won't believe
everything you say. If you don't tell me clearly what you want to do, you're not allowed to go anywhere
today."
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