Nicole quickly got out of the bed.
On her way to the door, she saw Karina walking out as well, covered in a coat, eyes drowsy.
"Go back to sleep. I'll get the door."
Nicole gestured to Karina.
Still a little concerned, Karina leaned against the wall and waited.
Nicole didn't insist anymore and opened the door.
Someone rushed in and held Nicole tight in her arms.
"Nicole, are you alright?"
The familiar aura struck her, and then a warm feeling welled up inside her.
It's Olivia.
Olivia let go of Nicole. Seeing that she looked alright, she punched her and said, "You scared me! Can
you even give it a break? Accidents have never stopped these days. Can you even imagine how
worried I was when I learned from Booth that something bad happened to you and Samuel? My heart
nearly stopped!"
It felt heart-warming to listen to Olivia's complaint.
"Not me. It was Samuel."
Nicole explained.
"I know, I know. But I'm more worried about you if it was him. I know you would rather be the one who
was injured. Listen, whatever happens to Samuel, you gotta get over it. What else can you do? Die for
him? What the hell are you thinking?"
The Olivia somehow got angrier.
Nicole didn't argue because she knew she meant well.
She did lose all hope to live when she found out Samuel might be dead. If Olivia had been there, she
would have probably beaten her up.
"Where's Booth? Why are you here alone?"
Nicole gestured.
Olivia paused, and then suddenly patted herself on the head and said, "Oops, I left him at the airport."
Nicole was brought up short.
Olivia hurriedly took out her phone and called Booth.
"Darling, where are you?"
Booth couldn't be more miserable.
"Thank you for thinking about me finally!"
Standing in the cold wind, Booth said sarcastically as he stared at pieces of luggage in front of him.
Olivia knew it was her fault, so she smiled apologetically and said, "Well, I was just worried about
Nicole. I forgot you were there with me when I got off the plane. So I directly hailed a taxi and left. Why
are you so stupid? You could have got a taxi as well."
"Yeah, right. You left your luggage to me and ran away like that. I picked up your luggage, only to find
you were gone. I thought you were going to the bathroom or something. Suddenly it was it my fault to
be waiting for you?"
Booth kept getting more aggrieved.
Olivia was even more embarrassed.
"Alright, alright. I will treat you to a nice dinner later. Hurry up and come over."
Olivia hastily hung up the phone in case he said something worse and then sent him their location.
Nicole couldn't help laughing.
"Laugh? How can you laugh? If it weren't for you, how could I be so worried that I totally forgot about
Booth? Oh my poor Booth!"
Olivia glared at Nicole.
"Okay, okay. It's my fault. Dinner is on me tonight."
Nicole gestured to please her.
She knew both Olivia and Booth meant well.
"That's more like it."
Olivia finally forgave Nicole and suddenly noticed Karina leaning against the wall looking at them.
"Well? Who is this?"
Olivia was puzzled for she had never seen Karina before.
Nicole then told her all about it.
Olivia felt sorry for her when she learned that Karina wasn't born this way.
"Poor girl, I am Olivia. You may call me Auntie Olivia in the future. Don't worry. I'll be there for you when
Nicole isn't available."
Karina felt Olivia was just as kind as Nicole, so she nodded nicely.
"I'll go back to my room now."
Karina gestured and left.
Olivia still wanted to say something to her, but was pulled back by Nicole.
"Did you tell Jacob about Samuel's accident?"
She gestured.
"Why should I tell him? That man is like a workaholic. Other than work, he never even bothered to text
me. Should I tell him the news? Never!" Olivia said, turning down the corners of her mouth.
Such words somehow made Nicole guilty.
"Samuel had better recover sooner and go back to work. The Eternal Group belongs to your Green
family rather than the Song Family. And Jacob won't have to be so fully engaged at all."
Olivia got even angrier.
Nicole hurriedly offered her some hot beverage, in case she got too carried away by the fury towards
Jacob.
This matter was also Samuel's fault. He patronized her and instead threw the company to Jacob.
Olivia drank up a glass and felt better.
"Alright, alright. Let's drop it. He's just an idiot. Let him live with his work."
Olivia looked at Nicole and smiled, "I heard this is the hometown of emerald. How about picking out
some good emeralds with me later?"
"I'd love to."
Nicole agreed.
Olivia's arrival relieved her heavy heart.
Not long after, Booth also arrived.
The first thing he said to her was, "It'll be fine, Nicole. I'm here for you."
Nicole's nose twitched.
Sometimes, she felt God had been so nice to her by sending some people who really cared about her
in the past few months.
"Thank you."
Nicole gestured.
They went on talking for a while. Olivia persuaded Nicole out for dinner, saying that she was starving.
But Nicole knew Olivia only intended to help her with the fatigue.
Nicole was too worried to leave Karina alone at home, so she took her with them.
This was the first time Karina had seen Booth. She had never seen such a handsome boy before.
Booth had a baby face, like the sunshine. It was hard to tell his real age.
Seeing Karina was watching him, Booth couldn't hide his smile, "Sweetie, why are you looking at me?
Is it because I'm handsome?"
Karina nodded.
She had never seen such a good-looking smile from a boy.
Booth laughed heartily, but Olivia stared at him with contempt.
"You're such a disastrous human being."
"Hey! Don't say that. This is all about my charm, isn't it? Nicole?"
For the moment, Booth and Olivia had spared Nicole of her worries towards Samuel.
They went to a restaurant nearby.
Although Booth had been well-fed since childhood, he still had a passion for those folk snacks.
Seeing that Karina had barely eaten anything, Booth thought she was being shy and helped her with
some more food.
This was the first time Karina had felt inferior.
She could not even speak in front of such a handsome boy.
She looked down, feeling despondent.
Booth didn't ask questions about the way she behaved, thinking maybe she was just shy. Instead, he
became even more considerate and nice to her.
As Nicole and Olivia talked about the past few days, they felt much relaxed as if they were back in
school again.
When they finished the meal, it was almost midnight.
The stores on the street were closing.
Nicole and Olivia were also going back to the hotel.
Right then, a van suddenly stopped in front of them. The door opened and four or five men got out.
They waved their machetes at them, actually, at Nicole.
Everything happened so fast that no one knew what to do, while other people on the street were
running away screaming.
Nicole kicked away the big fellow in the front. Then, she pushed Karina into Booth's arms and pushed
them away from the danger.
Although Olivia didn't know how to fight, she still picked up a stool and threw it at a tall man to help
Nicole.
Booth took Karina to a safe place and said in a low voice, "You stay here and don't move, okay? I'll go
help them."
Karina nodded obediently.
With Booth's help, the big guys knew they got the shorter end of the stick, so they jumped into their car
and fled.
The scene was a mess.
Booth shook his arm and rushed over to check whether Nicole and Olivia were okay before he was
finally relieved.
"What's that about? Is this place so messy that simply dining here can put you in danger? If I didn't
know Nicole, I would think that she has a bad enemy somewhere."
Booth's words reminded Nicole of something.
She took out her phone and texted Finn.
"Help me find out the owner of the van with the license plate number XXXX and who was closely
related to it."
"Got it."
After Finn sent Nicole back, she asked him to leave.
Finn had wanted to get closer to Nicole. So his face lit up when he saw Nicole's message.
Nicole pondered over what happened just now with a thoughtful look.
"Nicole, are you alright?"
Booth couldn't help asking with concern.
"I'm fine."
Nicole smiled to them in case they got too worried and brought Karina back to the hotel.
Everyone else fell asleep pretty soon for they all thought it was just an accident, but not Nicole. She
couldn't sleep.
Those big guys were obviously targeting her. After they got off the car, they came directly towards her.
Who was trying to kill her?
She only had a grudge with Soseph. But Soseph was dead and Carl was in the detention center. Who
else could it be?
Nicole was thinking hard but there was no answer. She could only wait for news from Finn.
She stayed awake all night. When the rest of them woke up the next morning, Nicole had already
washed up.
"Nicole, how come you're up so early?"
Olivia yawned and asked.
Nicole smiled and gestured, "Today Samuel will wake up. I have to be there early."
She left the hotel and drove towards the hospital. However, she felt a little restless. She couldn't tell
what that was about. It was blunt, painful, and uncomfortable.
Could it be something bad about Samuel?
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