Nicole was so furious that her blood throbbed in her temples.
She turned to look at Mrs. Green and said coldly, "You better not have done that."
"It was me!"
Nicole got angry about Mrs. Green's frankness.
"I really want to beat you up!"
Nicole said honestly.
However, Mrs. Green smirked.
"Do you dare? Although Samuel isn't my biological son, he won't allow you to hurt me since I have
been taking good care of him. Even if he was angry about me asking Bruce to kidnap you, he didn't
revenge on me. Instead, he vented his anger on my assistant. Do you think Samuel won't be irritated if
you hit me? Because of the Don family, Vincent died. Isn't he unhappy with that?"
Nicole involuntarily wrung her hands.
She didn't want to talk with Mrs. Green anymore, but she wanted to know why.
"Why did you do that to Samuel? Do you know how desperate he is? As you know, he is strong.
However, he fainted from the unbearable pain being betrayed by you. Do you indeed love him?"
Mrs. Green replied coldly, "He asked for that. If he did as the hypnotist said, he would think from the
bottom of his heart that you had cheated on him and he wouldn't love you as much as he does now. It's
you who make me do that. You destroyed him!"
"Is it me or is it you? He is an individual as same as you and is not a tool of you or anyone else. Do you
really love him? Or do you only use him to earn money for the Green family and remain the family
glorious? As you don't like me, you want him to hate me. You knew Mark had killed Vincent, but you
kept it as a secret and continued to treat me well, fooling me into believing that you protect me because
of love. But you've been waiting for the day when Samuel discovered the truth and grew apart with me,
right? Unfortunately, you did not succeed. You then became angry as all your conspiracies and
sufferings these years proved to be a joke. How ironic! You could hardly stand anymore. In spite of your
disguise, you vented your ager on me. However, what can you do? Even if I'm useless, Samuel sees
me as his wife, who he is desperate to protect. Do you dare to tell him what you said to me?"
Mrs. Green changed her expression significantly as she heard Nicole.
"Shut up!"
"You won't! Since you rely heavily on Samuel, you're afraid that he will leave you. Without him, you are
unable to earn a living. Even though you have resentment towards him, you dread to argue with him.
You even want to hide what you have done from him. You can do nothing but come to me. And you
even don't dare to offend me openly. How pitiful you are! I at least am Samuel's beloved woman, what
about you? You have been plotting cautiously, as you are worried that Samuel will stop supporting you
because he is not your biological son. Since I've seen through your minds, do you think I'll fall for it?"
Nicole finally let off her anger.
Without saying anything else, Nicole turned around and walked out of the door. She said to the
bodyguards outside, "Send Mrs. Green back to her room. Listen, she is not allowed to get close to
Joseph without my permission."
"How dare you!"
Nicole sneered and said to the bodyguards, "You better consider it well. Although she is Samuel's
mother, she is old and no longer in charge of the Greens. Instead, I'm young and I will take over her
position. You'd better know it. Moreover, you must have known how much Samuel loves me. If you
don't want to work here anymore, you can ignore me. Show me do you want to work for the Greens!"
All the bodyguards were shocked at her words.
They looked at Nicole and found her composed. Thinking about what she said, everyone knew what
they should do.
"Yes, Young Mistress."
The bodyguards hurriedly stepped forward and tried to send Mrs. Green back to her room.
Mrs. Green shouted angrily, unable to maintain noble anymore.
"Nicole, how dare you! How can you treat me like this!"
"It's not only that! Mother, I advise you to do as I please from now on. You'd better listen to me. Don't try
to annoy me. Otherwise, I'm uncertain about what I will do. I'm also a woman and I'm as good as you
when deceiving others. However, I disdain to do so. If you insist on fighting against me, I'll accompany
you. Anyway, I have plenty of time to deal with you."
Nicole no longer respected Mrs. Green as an elder.
It turned out that she treated Mrs. Green earnestly while Mrs. Green only wanted to hurt her. Nicole
could no longer endure it.
Mrs. Green was taken away as she kept struggling and shouting.
It was silent again in the room.
Nicole rubbed her temples and wanted to leave. Only then did she remember that she was here for
Joseph.
If it weren't because of Mrs. Green, she would be in Joseph's room.
Thinking of this, Nicole went to Joseph's room again and saw him sitting on the bed. Joseph fixed his
eyes on Nicole as soon as she entered the room. Nicole wondered how much had he heard and seen.
As a four-year-old child, Joseph heard the terrible truth from his grandmother following his parents had
died. Nicole's heart wrung for his sufferings.
"Joseph, are you awake? Are you hungry? How about I get some food for you?"
Nicole tried her best to be gentle and ask him.
However, Joseph didn't reply. He cast a glance at Nicole and lay down again. Remaining silent, he
tucked himself in and closed his eyes. Nicole couldn't help but feel uneasy at his behavior.
Nicole stepped forward and whispered, "Joseph, don't take what I did with your grandma seriously.
Don't be afraid, okay? I'm not a bad person and I love you as same as before. What do you want to
eat? It's unhealthy not to eat."
Joseph curled up and remained his eyes closed, having no respond. No matter what Nicole said, he
maintained silent as if he couldn't hear her.
As Joseph remained quiet after she had said about ten minutes, Nicole became more upset.
She indeed felt miserable about him.
Looking at Joseph, who refused to speak, Nicole was very anxious. But she didn't know what to do.
She tucked Joseph in and walked out of his room.
Then, she called Gabrielle and told him about Joseph's situation.
Gabrielle frowned and said, "It sounds not good. I'm afraid that he will suffer from autism as he shuts
himself from the world. Nicole, I suggest you try to make him cry or vent his anger. He's only a four
year-old child, who is too weak to get through a serious of changes. He is hit by a big shock."
"You are right. We didn't expect that things would end up like this. Joseph used to get along best with
Zoe and Lucas. Samuel has asked someone to take Zoe home. As for Lucas, it will probably take more
time before he comes back."
Nicole felt headache and her arm ached.
"I heard that you're injured too? How is it? Are you alright?"
Gabrielle asked Nicole with concern.
Nicole shook her head and said, "I'm fine. I only suffer mild injury. Now, the most important thing for me
is to take good care of Joseph and Samuel."
"I've heard from Blair about Samuel. Blair can't help it either. But don't worry, I will go to ask some
specialists. There must be a way. Blair has prescribed some painkillers for him. I hope they will be
helpful."
Hearing Gabrielle's words, Nicole whispered, "Satan King gave me a business card and asked me to
look for help from the person. However, as we are overwhelmed with a series a changes, Samuel has
gone to the company, and I'm busy as well. I haven't gone to the person yet."
"Yes. All of a sudden, there is a lot of work needing to get done. Samuel has to handle the design
drawings and the contract. It seems impossible for him to stop halfway. Given Joseph is in a bad
condition now, you also have a hard time looking after him."
"I'm fine. I only wish that our family can live a peaceful life together. However, it is still just a hope, as all
sorts of troubles keep emerging and leave us no break."
Nicole felt depressed, and she had never thought that she would be so sad.
Being scolded to be useless by Mrs. Green, Nicole naturally would become upset.
For Samuel and the Greens, she chose to take care of her family rather than showing her talent.
However, it turned out that Mrs. Green and others reckoned her to be useless.
Even though she knew there was no need to care about how others thought, she found it difficult to do
so. There were few people being open-minded.
In the world, she was unable to beyond caring what anyone else thought of her. Nicole realized that
she probably needed to work harder to maintain her love amazing.
According to Nicole's voice, Gabrielle could tell she was in a bad mood and asked, "What happened?"
Nicole really wanted to tell Gabrielle about Mrs. Green, but she didn't at last. Once Gabrielle knew the
truth, Blair would know as well. And soon, Samuel would find out what Mrs. Green had done.
As same as her, Samuel was innocent as well.
Nicole could hate Mrs. Green and ignore her in the future, but how about Samuel? He had been
viewing Mrs. Green as his mother for more than twenty years. He probably would be unable to suffer
the unbearable pain of knowing that it was his mother who had been exploiting him and behind the
conspiracy against him over the past two decades.
Nicole would rather not be happy than allow Samuel to find out the truth and suffer the pain of being
betrayed by his family.
She thought it was better for her to deal with it on her own.
After making up her mind, Nicole whispered, "It's nothing. I'm just too tired. Besides, I'm worried about
Joseph."
"I see. Don't worry. Joseph will be fine. As long as we are patient enough, we are able to help him.
You'd better take care of your arms, or you will have a sequela."
"Alright."
As Nicole spoke, Zoe came back. Nicole hung up. However, she was shocked when seeing
Zoe.
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