"What's wrong? What happened?"
Booth couldn't help but ask when he saw Nicole being pale after checking the balance in her account.
Nicole gestured, "I didn't get paid."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
It was payday today, but Nicole didn't receive the salary.
After a month of enlightening Joseph, Nicole found that he had gotten better. She had planned to take
Joseph to a mental health hospital for treatment after getting paid this month.
Joseph was a good child. Nicole indeed hoped him not to suffer from autism anymore. However, why
didn't she get paid today? What was going on?
Nicole turned on the computer and asked the supervisor.
According to the supervisor, it was because the financial personnel made a mistake. Then, she was
told to go to the company with the record of translations. After checking the bill, she would be paid by
cash.
To Nicole, it didn't make sense.
How could the financial personnel make such a stupid mistake?
But if she didn't do as the supervisor said, she would lose the money.
Although she got much less than before, she worked hard and wanted to support herself and Joseph
with the money.
She didn't want to be a freeloader, staying in the Kent's like this.
Booth frowned and said, "Why? It seems strange. Nicole, don't worry. I'll drive you there. If they dare to
bully you, I'll help you."
As soon as she heard him, Nicole smiled.
Booth was warm-hearted.
After spending a month with him, Nicole envied Olivia having such a good younger brother.
Olivia leaned against the door and said to Nicole, "I'm a little jealous. Why do I feel like you're more like
his sister than me?"
"Olivia, don't be jealous. I'll buy you delicious food later."
Booth raised an eyebrow at Olivia, looking extremely charming.
"That doesn't work for me. I'm not those girls who will be tempted by you."
Seeing Olivia and Booth bickering with each other, Nicole couldn't help but feel a little sad.
She had longed to spend a lifetime with Samuel, squabbling as well as loving each other.
Why did she think of him again?
Didn't she decide to forget him?
Nicole found it hard to forget Samuel.
Booth and Olivia exchanged looks and shook their heads when seeing that Nicole was absent-minded
again.
"Nicole, go find the record. I'll drive you to the company later."
Booth patted Nicole's shoulder to get her attention.
She nodded and found the record of her translations this month.
With the help of Olivia, Nicole got changed.
Nicole told Joseph to stay at home alone as she needed to go out for a while. And Joseph nodded.
Booth drove Nicole to the TY Group.
Looking at the skyscraper in front of her, Nicole was dazed.
She used to work in a tall building and earned much money as well, but now she was at the bottom of
the heap.
Anyway, she had to work hard to regain what she deserved and provide Joseph with the best living
environment.
A trace of unknown feelings flashed across Nicole's eyes. Booth looked at her and found her
mysterious, wanting to learn more about her.
Being stared at, Nicole couldn't help but turn her head and directly met Booth's gaze.
Feeling like he was caught peeping, Booth flushed with shame. Nicole chuckled when seeing his face
and found him adorable.
"Well, Nicole, let's go in."
Booth felt embarrassed and hurriedly took the lead.
Nicole followed behind and smiled.
She found it was nice to have such a brother.
Booth led the way and kept concerning about Nicole, worrying that she would go wrong. However, he
found that Nicole was not nervous at all. Instead, she became a little different ever since she had
entered the building. Booth couldn't help but do a double take.
The receptionist stopped them in time.
"May I ask who you are looking for?"
Booth took out the record and threw it in front of the receptionist. He said, "We're looking for the
supervisor who can deal with it."
The receptionist glanced at it and quickly called the supervisor.
"He asks you to go upstairs. You can directly go to the 12th floor by elevator. And the first office on the
right is where you should go."
"Thank you, beauty."
Booth smiled and held Nicole's hand, walking to the elevator with the record.
Nicole's hands were soft.
Booth felt it comfortable holding Nicole's hand.
Nicole had refused, but she at last allowed him to do so as he seemed to have no evil thoughts and
looked innocent.
Sometimes, Booth reminded her of Lucas.
She wondered how Lucas was now.
Nicole kept thinking of Zoe and Lucas. Given she knew they would live good lives in the Green's, she
tried to prevent herself from missing them. However, she failed. She always dreamed about her
children crying and asking why she had abandoned them.
She felt wronged and sad, but she could not make any sound.
Having a mother who was mute like her, Zoe and Lucas probably would be laughed at by their peers.
Nicole was desperate, but she was glad that she was no longer be with them.
She never thought that one day her children possibly would be mocked at by others because of her.
This was not what she wanted!
Therefore, she would rather endure the pain of missing them than go back to see them.
Mrs. Green perhaps was right. As time went by, Zoe and Lucas would gradually forget her and see
another woman as their mother.
"Children are always forgetful, aren't they?"
Nicole comforted herself. She reminded herself do so for the sake of her children. However, at the
same time, it wrung her heart. She could hardly stand anymore.
When Booth saw that Nicole was distracted again, he couldn't help but sigh and say, "Nicole, we're
here."
Only then did Nicole gather her wits together.
She put on an apologetic smile.
"Are you alright? If you feel not good, we can go back and come here another day. Don't worry. I will
get your salary back for you."
Booth gave Nicole a worried look and reached out to gently touch her forehead. Since she didn't have
a fever, he heaved a sigh of relief.
Seeing Booth was nervous, Nicole smiled and said by sign language, "I'm fine. Don't worry. I'm not that
weak. Something occurred to me just now."
"I wish you were fragile, then you can't stop me from helping you."
Nicole wore a beaming smile when hearing him.
They were so focused that they didn't notice that there were two men standing not far away and gazing
into them.
Jacob looked at Samuel with concern and asked, "Mr. Green, how about I go to greet Mrs. Green?"
"No need. She doesn't know I'm behind the matter. I've tried hard to find her. Don't scare her away
again."
Samuel wrung his hands, trying to suppress his anxiety.
Over the past month, he had been desperate to look for Nicole. Luckily, he was good at computer. So,
he at last succeeded in pinpointing Nicole's location as well as discovering that she had been staying in
the Kent's. Moreover, he also knew that Olivia was a Kent, who had been missing before.
Knowing where Nicole was and what she had experienced in the past month, Samuel came to Land
City soon and asked her to go to the TY Group under the excuse of checking the salary.
However, he did not expect that Nicole would be so intimate with Booth.
Nicole not only didn't reject Booth, but also put on a genuine smile at him.
Samuel didn't expect that.
He had been worrying that Nicole would be as desperate as him when they were apart. However, to his
surprise, Nicole was not upset at all. Instead, she looked happy.
She seemed to have completely forgotten him and lived a happy life of her own.
As Nicole smiled every day and spent all her time busying working and taking care of Joseph, Samuel
wondered if she had forgotten Zoe, Lucas and him.
Samuel couldn't help but feel upset.
When Nicole was not by his side, he wanted to see her. And now, he was glad to see Nicole being
energetic, although she got thinner and still couldn't speak. However, even if his wish finally came true,
he was jealous of Booth, who was stared at gently by Nicole, and wanted to take place of him.
Jacob could feel that Samuel was gloomy.
In the past month, Samuel had tried his best to look for Nicole and Olivia. However, he didn't expect to
see Nicole being close to Booth.
"Mr. Green, I'll let the accountant...."
"Don't do anything. I just want to see how she's doing. That's all."
Jacob didn't believe Samuel.
How could he just come here to see if Nicole was good?
Since Samuel said so, Jacob did not say anything else. Then, they went to the next room. After Jacob
opened the window, they listened to Nicole and Booth entering the finance office.
Booth pulled out a chair for Nicole. Then, he sat down beside her and looked at the accountant, "This is
Nicole's record of translations. You'd better check it carefully. If you dare to cheat on Nicole, I won't let
you off."
The accountant hurriedly took over the record.
Since there were surveillance cameras in the finance office, Samuel could clearly see them.
Seeing that Nicole was a little nervous, Booth patted her hand and said, "Don't be nervous. Nicole, I'm
here. Do you want to drink water?"
Nicole nodded. Samuel was unable to stop himself from being jealous when seeing her trusting Booth.
The person Nicole trusted the most used to be him, but now it was Booth.
Samuel wondered if it was because Nicole had forgotten him and fallen in love with Booth during the
past month.
Samuel held the cup so tight that blue veins stood out on the back of his hands. And his face was
clouded over.
Jacob felt under huge pressure.
He looked at surveillance cameras but didn't know what to say.
Booth served water for Nicole and placed the cup in front of her.
Nicole picked it up and took a sip. Suddenly, she noticed that there were two surveillance cameras on
the wall of the office. She couldn't help but do a double take.
'Why there are so many surveillance cameras here?' Nicole thought.
‘Why there are so many surveillance cameras here?' Nicole thought.
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