"Mr. Brown, what if she doesn't agree?"
Jacob's heart skipped a beat at the question.
Yeah, if Nicole was really hiding from them, it was very likely that she might not agree.
"Check her IP address."
This was the best idea that Jacob could come up with. He really couldn't bear Samuel torturing himself.
The guy was on it.
Jacob hurriedly packed his things and drove to the Green's.
After Laurel left, Nicole and Joseph were sent away, and Lucas was no longer there, either. This
mansion was suddenly empty. If it weren't for Zoe still being around, this place would be literally
derelict.
Jacob arrived at the Green's and went straight to Samuel's room. He was in such a hurry that he didn't
even reply to the bodyguards' greetings.
The room smelled of tobacco.
Samuel didn't draw the curtains in the morning. He just sat on the floor, smoking. The cigarette butts
had already piled up several ashtrays, and smoke had permeated the entire room, so his face couldn't
be seen clearly.
Ever since Nicole left, Samuel had always wallowed in this state.
"Mr. Green."
Jacob called, but Samuel did not react.
He rushed in front of Samuel and took the cigarette from his hand, then extinguished it.
"Mr. Green, you can't do this anymore. Your body will collapse."
"Does anyone care? Will she care?"
Samuel's voice turned hoarse.
Seeing him like this, Jacob was agonized and whispered, "I saw a job application today. It looks a bit
like Nicole. I have already sent people to check on it. If there is any news, I will let you know
immediately. Mr. Green, I think she will come back."
However, Samuel still didn't respond.
He looked blankly at the quilt and pillow on the bed, uttering no word.
Jacob looked at him and sighed, "Mr. Green, it's been several days since you last went to bed. You're
always on the floor, and your body can't stand it."
As he spoke, he tried to make the bed, but was stopped by Samuel.
"Don't. That's Nicole's bed. She always liked to sleep there. I can still smell her on it. That's all she left
me."
Samuel's pitiful tone brought a lump to Jacob's throat.
"Mr. Green, I'm serious. The applicant is called Catherine. She has been in the United States for five
years and her English is at level 8. All these are similar to Nicole's."
Samuel suddenly shivered.
"What did you say?"
"My men are on it. We'll soon have a clue."
"I'll do it myself. Give me her IP address."
Samuel suddenly stood up and rushed into the study like he was pumped.
Jacob watched him run over barefoot and wanted to remind him.
"Come on, give me the IP address!"
Samuel's eyes turned red from anxiety.
Jacob hurriedly called his guy and asked for Nicole's IP address.
When the guy sent over the IP address, Samuel felt like his blood was boiling.
Was it Nicole?
It should be!
God wouldn't be so cruel, would he?
He quickly searched the IP address and found that it was in Land City.
"Land City? Quickly, find out which area this IP belongs to and within whose charge!"
Samuel was instantly excited.
Jacob didn't dare to delay and quickly started investigating. However, when he saw the result, he was
still stunned.
"Mr. Green, it's the Kents."
"Where?"
"The Kents from Land City. This IP address belongs to the Kents."
At this moment, his guy called.
"Mr. Brown. Our applicant just gave us a bank account. I've checked it. It's a man named Booth Kent."
Jacob turned on the speaker, so Samuel could hear it very clearly.
"Booth Kent, the young master of the Kents, has studied in the United States for five years and his
English is band 8, too."
Samuel still had an impression of Booth. After all, he had to investigate some of the children of the rich
families, and Booth of the Kents was indeed a talent.
Jacob was a little disappointed, but he knew that Samuel was even more disappointed.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Green. I thought it was Mrs. Green. After all, he's called Catherine, too."
"In the United States, there are a hell lot of people called Catherine."
Samuel felt that his body had just collapsed.
Just now, he really thought that he had found Nicole.
Jacob asked doubtfully, "But why would he pretend to be a woman and apply for freelance translation
work online? This is so strange."
"Nicole doesn't have any channel or reason to know Booth. Besides, I heard that Booth likes to do
things anonymously. Perhaps it's just one of his special hobbies."
Samuel pushed the computer to the side and walked towards the bedroom.
However, in the corridor, he met Zoe.
Zoe held the doll in her arms and stood in the middle of the corridor, looking at Samuel without saying
anything. Samuel didn't really dare to look straight at her watery eyes.
"Zoe, why are you here? Why aren't you going to kindergarten?"
Samuel wanted to smile at Zoe, but his mouth seemed to be frozen and couldn't curve at all.
Zoe looked at him and asked, "Where is Mommy? Where is Mommy?"
Hearing that, Samuel was anguished.
"Mommy, she..."
"Has the old witch turned Mommy away?"
Samuel was confused by her words.
Jacob hurriedly explained, "The old witch stands for Laurel. Miss Zoe has always felt that Laurel is an
old witch."
Samuel's heart was filled with bitterness.
"Yes, Mommy was turned away by the old witch."
"Then will you bring Mommy back? Just like the prince and princess on TV, you will bring Mommy back,
won't you?"
Samuel's heart twitched fiercely.
He really wanted to bring Nicole back, but now it was Nicole who was unwilling to come back, unwilling
to forgive him and the Green family.
Looking at the expectant look in his daughter's eyes, Samuel was unable to utter a single word.
He took a step forward and picked up Zoe, but then he heard Zoe say disdainfully while covering her
nose, "Daddy, you stink!"
Only then did Samuel remember that he had been smoking in his room without taking a bath for
several days. The smell on his body was really quite choking.
He put down Zoe embarrassedly and patted her head, "Sorry, baby. Daddy's gonna clean up. Don't
worry. Daddy will definitely bring Mommy back. As for you, Daddy will send you to kindergarten later.
We will all be fine. When Mommy comes back and sees that you are behaving yourself, she's going to
be really happy."
"Really?"
Zoe's eyes flickered with doubt.
"Of course it's true. Has Daddy ever lied to you?"
When Samuel said this, Zoe tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "No, Daddy hasn't
lied to me."
"That's right. Hurry up and pack up. Daddy will also pack up and send you to kindergarten."
"OK."
Zoe went back to her room obediently.
Jacob was really glad that Samuel had Zoe accompanying, otherwise, he might have to see the
Samuel from five years ago again.
Samuel returned to his room, tidied himself up and opened the windows.
He couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the quilt on the bed was still in the same shape as the day
Nicole left.
No matter where Nicole was hiding and what she was thinking, he must find her and bring her back.
Samuel took Zoe to kindergarten and then went to the company.
Seeing that Samuel had returned to his work, Jacob finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Samuel had returned, otherwise, he would really be exhausted.
Jacob transferred some of the work to Samuel, but Samuel only said coldly, "From today on, you are
the vice president of the Eternal Group. You can decide on everything."
"What? Mr. Green, what do you mean?"
Jacob was really surprised.
Samuel said softly, "I'm going to find Nicole."
"Personally?"
"Yeah, personally. From today on, I have to entrust Zoe to you and Claudina. Call me if you need
anything."
With that, Samuel turned around and left.
Jacob felt like he was going crazy.
It had been more than a week since he had last seen Olivia, and he hadn't spoken to her on the phone.
There were so many things waiting for him to deal with. He was really afraid that Olivia would be
someone else's girlfriend after he finished all this.
He sent a text to Olivia helplessly, telling her that he would be very busy recently and would not have
the time to be with her and he was really sorry and so on.
Jacob didn't dare to tell Olivia that Nicole was missing, let alone all the suffering Nicole had endured.
He was afraid that Olivia would not be able to hold back and rushed here to settle scores with Samuel.
He was even more afraid that Olivia would be worried. After all, he knew her relationship with Nicole.
What he didn't know was that Olivia already knew all of this and hated Jacob to death.
Jacob knew everything, but he just wouldn't tell her. He knew that she and Nicole were best friends, but
he didn't tell her anything, and he even let Nicole go through so many sufferings.
Now that she saw the text message from Jacob, Olivia directly pulled out the SIM card and replaced it
with a new one.
Jacob waited for a long time but didn't see any reply. He was a little worried and called her, but was
only informed that Olivia had turned off her phone.
Turned off? In the middle of the day?
Jacob felt that Olivia was angry.
He then called her landlord and heard that Olivia had already checked out for weeks.
Jacob's heart skipped a beat.
"Mrs. Mead, do you know where she moved to?"
Mrs. Mead, the landlord, shook her head and said, "I don't know. She took a taxi by herself and didn't
say anything."
Jacob was immediately anxious.
He wished he could run out to find Olivia now, but Samuel had completely handed over the Eternal
Group to him, so he could not leave.
What to do?
Anxious, Jacob called all the places that Olivia could possibly go, but no one had seen her.
Now that both Nicole and Olivia had disappeared, what should he do?
Jacob told Samuel this. Samuel said that he could let go of the company for now and go to find Olivia
first.
The two men looked for Olivia and Nicole all over the world like crazy, while Nicole stayed at the Kents,
instructing Joseph during the day and translating documents at night. Her life was plain and busy, but
quite comfortable.
A month passed in the blink of an eye. Just as Nicole was waiting for her salary, something suddenly
happened to the company.
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