"Nicole."
Tim suddenly called out.
Nicole turned around. At this moment, Tim attacked her unexpectedly.
When the man beside her saw this, he subconsciously blocked Tim's attack. However, he did not
expect that it was a fake move. Tim suddenly change direction when the guy moved and pulled Nicole
behind him.
When the man realized that and wanted to grab Nicole, he had lost the chance.
"Mr. Tim, what are you doing?"
Obviously, he knew Tim and he was a little angry when he spoke, but he was trying his best to contain
his anger.
Tim smiled casually and said, "Wow, you know me? I thought that the Seapolis City has had a new
master. Go back and tell your boss that I've taken Nicole away. If there's anything else, let him talk to
me directly."
Nicole was slightly stunned. Just as she was about to say something, Tim grabbed her hand.
In the end, she remained silent, which could be considered as a tacit consent to Tim's doing.
Before she met Tim, she could only surrender to Vincent. Now that she had the chance to escape with
Tim, even if Vincent had Zoe in his hand, she and Tim should have a way to find Zoe. If that failed, too,
she could only ask Jason for help.
She would never give up any chance. Moreover, she didn't know what had happened to Samuel, or if it
had anything to do with Vincent, and whether he was waiting for her to rescue him.
When Nicole thought of this, she naturally fell silent.
Seeing that Nicole didn't say anything and that he had no chance of winning against Tim, the man
whispered, "Madam, my mission is to send you home. You know, you're ill and Mr. Vincent is very
worried about you. Anyway, it's better to go home and have a rest. Besides, Mr. Samuel is not around,
and it's not very proper for you to be with Mr. Tim now."
"Not proper? Everyone in this city knows my relationship with your Madam. Even if Samuel comes, I
still can take his wife away. Ask him if he has any objections. Besides, what did you just call her?
Madam? Since she's your Madam, then she's your master. Why do I feel like you're her master when
you're talking?"
Tim blurted out before Nicole could say anything. The guy was slightly stunned and looked somewhat
awkward.
"Mr. Tim must be joking."
"Do you think I have the time to joke with you? You think I'm idle? Let me repeat it one last time I'll take
Nicole away. Come to me if you want her."
With that, Tim grabbed Nicole's hand and left.
Nicole remained silent and followed Tim out just like this. And they got into the car in front of the public.
She no longer cared about the gossip anymore.
Neither her husband nor her kid was around, and she was excruciatingly anxious.
Getting in the car, Tim started the engine and drove out directly.
Along the way, Nicole didn't ask where Tim was taking her. She was unusually silent. Tim, who was like
a playboy at first, turned more or less serious as a result.
He looked at the car behind them, sneered, and drove directly into the Louis’ mansion.
When Ballard saw Tim bringing Nicole back, his face looked a bit weird.
"Mrs. Green? Why are you here with this little bastard? You should tell me you're coming, so I can
welcome you in person. Where's Mr. Green?"
Ballard hurriedly squeezed out a smile.
Nicole was somewhat embarrassed. She never thought that Tim would bring her back to the Louis’ old
mansion.
Just as she was about to say something, Tim took a headstart.
"Please, father, can you just stop pretending in front of us? I brought her back forcibly. If you have any
objections, come straight at me."
Ballard looked quite awkward, again.
"Nonsense. Do you know who Mrs. Green is? Mrs. Green must have business to talk about, and that is
why she's here, right?"
Hearing Ballard, Nicole knew that he was afraid that the rumors about her and Tim would spread out
and impinge on the Louis’ business.
"Mr. Louis, I..."
"Why do you have to waste your breath with him?"
Tim interrupted her and turned to Ballard, "I forcibly brought her back. There is no business, no nothing.
If necessary, I will have her stay here overnight. You disagree?"
"Tim Louis!"
Hearing this, Ballard was instantly enraged. However, he smiled embarrassedly because of Nicole's
presence.
"Mrs. Green, I have spoiled this little brat since childhood. Wait a moment, please, I'll talk to him first."
Saying that, Ballard pulled Tim to the side.
Nicole was even more embarrassed. She was caught in a dilemma. Vincent's people were still outside,
so she would definitely fall into his hands again if she went out. But if she stayed, just as Ballard had
said, it really wasn't suitable.
At the same time, Ballard glared at Tim and growled, "Do you know what you're doing? It's fine for you
to mess around in normal times, but now you have brought Mr. Green's wife home in plain daylight!
What? Do you think your rumors now are still not enough? Or the Louis family has been living too
comfortably these past few years? Aren't you afraid of Samuel ousting our family?"
"Oh, that's all your courage? Besides, our family isn't that dwarfed in front of the Greens, right?"
Tim's care-about-nothing look really made Ballard pissed off.
"Our family is no longer as strong as before, don't you know that? Apart from that, even if we can
challenge the Greens, there's no need to do that just for a woman, isn't it?"
"That's right. My mother had sacrificed so much for the Louis family. And you haven't divorced her for
the family. It's really hard for you to still keep her as your Mrs. Louis. However, as your son, I'm really
like you when it comes to love affairs. I don't want any other women. I just want Nicole, so what?"
Tim seemed to deliberately countering Ballard as he spoke in an indifferent tone.
Ballard's ire finally erupted. He slapped Tim in the face and said angrily, "You goddamned bastard!
Were you born to counter me?"
"Is that enough? If it's not, you can slap on the other side. If it is, I'll bring Nicole to my room now."
Tim used the tip of his tongue to prop up his left cheek, as if he didn't care at all. The move made
Ballard extremely vexed.
"You, you..."
"Nicole, let's go!"
However, Tim didn't seem to notice any of this and directly went back to pull Nicole towards his room.
Nicole hesitated, but she suddenly sensed that Tim was trembling slightly.
She glanced at him. This normally indifferent and careless man was like a fragile child at this moment.
There were actually tears hanging at the corner of his eyes, and he stubbornly refused to let them fall
down.
Suddenly, Nicole felt a little sad for him.
Perhaps under his playboy camouflage, Tim was just a big boy who lacked love extremely.
"Tim Louis!"
Ballard was so angry that he couldn't contain his anger even though Nicole was there.
His woman now quickly stepped forward to support him.
"Take care of your heart. Don't be so angry. It's not the first day for him to be like this. Why do you have
to lower yourself to the same level as him?"
When Tim heard the woman say this, he stopped for a second. He wanted to argue with her, but in the
end, he didn't, because of Nicole's presence. He just brought Nicole to his room. However, Nicole could
tell that Tim didn't feel good at home.
She fell silent and followed Tim into the room.
The moment the door closed, Tim whispered, "Sit down for a while and I'll go change."
"Tim."
Nicole stopped him.
"Where is the medical kit? Just let me put some cream on your face."
Nicole actually wanted to say a few words to comfort him, only when she opened her mouth did she
realize that she didn't know what to say. There were many things she wasn't clear about, especially in a
complicated family like the Louis family. She didn't know what to say. Moreover, she was also troubled
with all sorts of things now, so it wasn't suitable for her to interfere in the Louis’ affairs.
However, Tim was her friend. He had helped her and the Greens many times. She could not turn a
blind eye on his suffering. So, she could only change the topic in time.
Tim smiled bitterly and said, "I'm used to it. Besides, I'm stronger than that. The slap is fine."
With that, he turned around and went to the cloakroom.
Nicole didn't know if it was out of fragility or some other reasons, anyway, he needed to be alone for a
while to relieve his sadness. She just felt a little suffocated and it was really uncomfortable.
Every family has a skeleton in the closet.
Everyone thought that Mr. Tim was more carefree than anyone else. Who knew that his situation in the
Louis family was like this?
Nicole sighed slightly, but she did not know what she could say or do. She took out her phone and
called Samuel. The phone was still unanswered.
Where the hell was he? Or was there an accident? Why, even Finn didn't have any news?
Nicole was especially anxious, and what she was most worried about was Zoe.
That heartless girl had no intention of defending against others at all, let alone that it was her own uncle
who "kidnapped" her. Now she was in the hands of Vincent, Nicole didn't know if she had experienced
any hardships.
The girl had been of poor health since she was little. She had just gotten better, now this happened.
Nicole's heart was burning with anxiety, but suddenly, she thought of another person.
Laurel Green!
Logically speaking, if Vincent wanted to take Zoe and Joseph away, Laurel would probably stop him,
right? Why hadn't there been any news yet?
Or was it all Laurel's plan?
No!
No way!
Laurel was not that kind of person!
She could sense Laurel's feelings for Samuel and Vincent, and that was definitely not fake. But why
didn't Laurel call her?
Nicole's heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that Laurel was also controlled by Vincent?
Was kinship put on the back burner by him now?
Nicole was somewhat anxious and wanted to call the old mansion with her cell phone, but she
suddenly changed her mind. She picked up the landline at Tim's house and dialed the number of the
old mansion.
The moment the call got through, as Nicole heard the answerer's voice, she was stunned and
immediately hung up the phone.
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