"Is there any news from Lucas? What's going on?"
Nicole hurriedly raised her head.
"Yes, madam. We've got news from Lucas."
The news also made Samuel nervous.
"What happened? Where's Lucas?"
"Mr. Green, Lucas’ helicopter ran out of fuel, so he was forced to land. He is waiting for us to deliver the
fuel. Lucas is fine. Everything is fine."
Samuel and Nicole breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
"It is lucky that the oil ran out. Otherwise, if he had gone over, I do not know what kind of trouble he
would make."
Samuel sighed and thought of Joseph.
Nicole was also somewhat depressed.
"Go to bring Zoe back. Let Lucas return by himself."
As soon as Samuel finished speaking, his men went to execute it.
"Nicole, I have to go to the company. Recently, there have been a lot of things. I have to solve the mess
left behind by Bruce."
"Alright, but what did you do with the remains of Bruce?"
Nicole knew that Samuel had a lot of objections to Bruce. Especially what happened also hurt Joseph.
But Nicole still asked.
Bruce sacrificed his life for Vincent and the Green Family. Although what he did caused trouble, his
credit could not be taken away.
Samuel became serious and didn't say anything for a long time.
Nicole thought that he wouldn't say anything, but Samuel finally spoke.
"I will ask someone to settle it down properly. The Green family will buy him a cemetery and send
someone to clean it."
"OK."
Nicole knew that Samuel was kind to his family. Perhaps he treated Bruce as his younger brother.
"You're also very upset, aren't you?"
Nicole knew that no one felt worse than Samuel.
Samuel said in a low voice, "Five years ago, when I learned that Vincent died, I almost couldn't take it.
Afterwards, I found out that he was still alive. How grateful I was to the God! I wanted to treat him as
well as I could. I gave the entire Green family and Joseph to him. In the end, this was a scam. Although
what they did was to avenge Vincent and to trick Mark, I can't forgive them for cheating and hurting me.
I can't accept it, and neither can Joseph, such a young child. I won't forgive them on this matter,
absolutely not! "
With that, Samuel touched Nicole's head and turned to leave the Green's.
Nicole was also uncomfortable.
Nicole returned to Joseph's room and saw Laurel sitting in front of Joseph's bed. Laurel was looking at
Joseph and weeping.
Nicole didn't know what to say to Laurel.
Nicole was not the Holy Mother. She had been schemed by Laurel. She could not forgive Laurel. She
was able to ignore Laurel's scheming, Nicole felt that she was tolerant enough.
Joseph didn't wake up. When Nicole was about to leave, Laurel said.
"Do you think I'm a black-hearted old woman? Do you think that I pretended to be nice to you in the
past?"
Nicole didn't know how to answer. And it was inappropriate to answer.
Nicole was silent.
Laurel turned to look at Nicole and said, "Actually, I didn't like you from the beginning."
Nicole froze for a moment. But she thought back to her three years of marriage. Laurel, her mother-in-
law, didn't care of their marriage at all, and even was absent from her wedding. In the three years,
Laurel allowed Zama to manage her life without any instructions. Laurel did not say a word when Nicole
was trapped in the fire with her children five years ago. Nicole should have thought that Laurel did not
like her. However, afterwards, Laurel treated her very well, leading Nicole to ignore these problems.
"Since you don't like me, why did you treat me so well? Was it all for the sake of using me?"
"Use you? What can I use?"
Laurel looked at Nicole from head to toe, and then said coldly, "Eight years ago, when you pestered
Samuel and forced him to marry you, I was very dissatisfied with you. How could a serious lady do
such a thing at a party? Not only did you lose your face, but also Samuel lost many chances. He
married you, just a useless woman. What else can you do besides your beauty? You hadn't helped the
Green family at all after you married."
Nicole instantly felt a loss.
She never knew what Laurel thought of her.
Nicole took a deep breath and asked, "Since that's the case, why did you agree to this marriage?"
"Agreed? Did I agree? If I agreed, why had I stayed abroad for so long? Both Samuel and Vincent are
not my biological sons, although I am their mother. You'll never know how difficult it is to raise a child
who is not your own. I have to keep Zama from imbuing them with ideas. I am afraid that they will
alienate me, and afraid that I will have no status in the Green family in the future. I have to curry favor
with my son. At that time, your news was boiling with excitement. If I didn't agree and went against
Samuel's wishes, do you think Samuel would recognize me as his mother?"
"So that's why you didn't care about our marriage?"
Nicole did not expect such a result.
Laurel stopped pretending and said coldly, "Yes. You did not have a baby after you married for three
years, so I wanted to find a chance to ask you and Samuel to divorce. I asked Riley to go to Bordeaux
to look for Vincent. I thought that Vincent wouldn't like Riley, but Riley liked Samuel. Samuel cared so
much about Vincent. When Samuel knew that Riley went to meet and seduce Vincent, he might leave
you and stop Riley. As long as there was a misunderstanding between you and Samuel, you would get
a divorce soon. But Riley had other thoughts and wanted to marry Vincent. She wanted to become the
daughter-in-law of the Green family. She didn't deserve it."
Nicole was surprised. She never thought that it would be like this.
"How can you do this? Do you know how unfair this is to Vincent?"
"Unfair? What do you know? From childhood, Vincent had been being inferior to Samuel in everything.
But Vincent was especially filial and kind to me. He treated me as his biological mother. Every time he
held my hand and called me mom, I felt that he was my own son, my biological son. However, he
lacked abilities and had a strong attachment to Samuel. He even fought with others for Samuel, so I
had to let him leave the Seapolis City. He chose a dangerous career in Bordeaux, and I couldn't stop
him. I hoped that he had a son. However, he had no time to fall in love with a girl. Riley was so
tempting that Vincent would definitely be attracted by her. Regardless of what did Vincent think, Riley
had a baby for Vincent. The child is the descendant of the Green family!"
Laurel sighed and said, "I intended to use Riley to break the relationship between you and Samuel, but
unfortunately, Riley was apathetic to Samuel and didn't want to associate with Samuel. She devoted
herself to Vincent. The plan had changed. I felt that it was fine, as long as she could give birth to a child
for Vincent. I would find a way to get rid of her and find a good marriage for Vincent afterwards. I didn't
expect that Vincent died suddenly. Riley was pregnant, but I lost my son. I had to ask Riley to return to
meet Samuel. When Riley came back, you would misunderstand. You and Samuel would divorce. "
"Riley was Vincent's woman and had a child for Vincent. You still wanted her to be with Samuel?"
Nicole felt that it was inconceivable.
Laurel sneered and said, "She wouldn't get what she wants. I know Samuel. He loves Vincent very
much. As long as the child is Vincent's, no matter how much he likes Riley, Samuel will not marry her.
Joseph is young and needs a mother. Joseph also needs a reasonable identity to stay in the Green
family. That's why I asked Samuel to call Joseph his son. On the one hand, Riley was willing to stay
and take care of Joseph, and on the other hand, you would misunderstand Samuel."
"You know I didn't die in that fire five years ago?"
Nicole recognized Laurel's loophole.
Laurel looked at Nicole and said, "Of course. Otherwise, why did Allen save you so coincidentally? I
hate you and I didn't like you, but I didn't want you to die. Besides, you had a baby of the green family. I
thought that Zama wouldn't let you have a baby of Samuel, so I never worried that you would get
pregnant. You hadn't got any good news for three years, but at the last moment, you were pregnant. I
knew about Riley's actions, and I knew that Swift wanted to burn you to death. For the sake of the
baby, I called the old lady of the Brook Group and asked Allen to come to the Seapolis City to talk
about something. The place he passed by happened to be the place where you were, so you were
saved. Speaking of this, you should thank me, shouldn't you? "
"Thank you? How can you say that? If it weren't for you, how could I be trapped in the fire so painfully?
If it weren't for you, how could Zoe be born with bad health? And you want me to thank you for that?
You didn't like me in the beginning. You should have let me know that. Even if you asked me to leave
Samuel, it would be much better than scheming me. Not only did you hurt Samuel, Vincent, and me,
you even hurt your grandchildren. How could you do this?"
Nicole was a little angry.
Nicole thought that her misfortune was caused by Riley and Swift, but she did not expect that there
would be a deeper scheme.
Her mother-in-law, who she had thought was very good, had set her up from the beginning, scheming
her and breaking their relationship.
Laurel said nonchalantly, "Why couldn't I do this? The Green family is mine! Because of me, Samuel
and Vincent are so excellent. Shouldn't they listen to me? But because of you, Samuel quarreled with
me for the first time. He refused my advice and insisted on marrying you. Who are you? Can you help
Samuel with his business? What kind of glory can you bring to the Green family?"
"The Green family is so prosperous that it doesn't need me to bring glory."
"That's right. The Green family is so prosperous. Samuel can choose any woman. Why do we have to
choose you, a good-for-nothing? I gave Night Elf Empire to you. What achievements have you got?
Other than Finn helping you, what else can you do?"
Laurel's words directly shocked Nicole.
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