Nicole frowned.
Nicole knew the consequences of Lucas coming here. She couldn't help but suspect that this was
Samuel's scheme.
"Let's talk about it later. I'm a little busy. I have to hang up now."
Nicole hung up the phone with a complicated mood.
Olivia woke up when the car arrived at Nicole's rental house.
"Here we are. I'm so tired. I'm going to rest."
Recently, Olivia had been training hard. Now, she relaxed and only wanted to have a good sleep.
Nicole did not stop her and asked Cara to prepare some food for Olivia. She went to the study.
Nicole was not familiar with the staff of zither, so she needed to recall it again. But before that, Nicole
remembered about Zayn's signing and called Daisy.
"We refuse to sign a contract with Zayn."
Daisy was a little surprised.
"Ms. Bush, Zayn has a lot of resources. If we sign a contract with him, we will get a lot of benefits."
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. Zayn's resources are not bad, but he will cause the entire
entertainment industry and even the whole fans to attack us if anything goes wrong. After all, the gains
are not worth the losses, so let's forget it. Our company is too small to sign up a big shot like him."
Nicole's words caused Daisy to be slightly stunned, but she soon understood what Nicole meant.
"Alright. I'll contact Pedro."
Zayn had just finished dealing with the matter on the Internet when he received a phone call from
Pedro.
"Wyatt Pictures has rejected our request to sign the contract."
Zayn was stunned.
He couldn't help but recall Nicole's appearance in his mind.
This woman really didn't like him at all.
"I see."
Zayn didn't say anything, which surprised Pedro.
"Do you give up?"
"Or else? They despise us so much. Should we wait for them to drive us away?"
Zayn lit a cigarette and slowly puffed out a cigarette ring.
Pedro couldn't figure out what Zayn was thinking.
"You said you wanted to sign to Wyatt Pictures, but now you just give up. Zayn, why do you have to
sign such a small company as Wyatt Pictures? Can you make it clear to me? I'm your agent. Don't
keep anything from me."
"I have nothing to hide from you except the unspeakable things. Let's leave this matter for now. We'll
talk about it later."
After hanging up the phone, Zayn came to the French window and looked at the traffic outside. The
scene that Nicole played the zither was still etched in his mind.
She was so quiet and refined that no one could bear to destroy this beauty.
Maybe he was really selfish.
Zayn fiercely extinguished the cigarette, then went to the study and turned on the computer. As for
what he was doing, no one knew.
Nicole felt much happier after settling Zayn's matter.
Although this Zayn was a social media star, he was able to cause her to be unintentionally noticed by
others, which made her very unhappy. Moreover, she always felt that Zayn had other plans in mind
when signing to her company.
Since that was the case, it was better to forget it.
After Nicole forgot about these things, she began to memorize the staff seriously.
As time passed by, Nicole was a little tired. It was already midnight.
She stretched and shook her neck before she got up and went to the bedroom.
Olivia had been resting ever since she came back, and Nicole did not disturb her. She went to the
bedroom to take a bath and saw a message from Samuel.
"Rest early. Don't stay up late. Take care of yourself."
Nicole was a little moved.
She turned off the phone and didn't want to reply to Samuel.
Nicole was lying on the bed, but she couldn't fall asleep. She felt this bed was too big for her.
Nicole got up and turned on her computer. She wanted to write something, but she couldn't write a
single word.
Her mind was filled with Samuel's figure.
Samuel's love for her was unquestionable. It was impossible for him to cheat on her at this time. Then
why would he be so close to that woman?
How did that woman die?
Nicole didn't want to think about it in the past, but recently, she felt more and more that what Samuel
was hiding from her might have something to do with her.
She got up and went to the study. She looked at the time. At this time, Lucas should be asleep.
But she couldn't fall asleep.
Nicole wanted to use some computer technology to get some surveillance videos but found that the
surveillance videos in the bar that day were encrypted.
In other words, other than the encrypted person, it was impossible to check, unless it was a hacker like
Lucas.
Nicole was a little annoyed.
She turned off the computer and went back to her bedroom.
There were many strange things that had happened recently. Whether it was Samuel cheating or
Zayn's signing, it made her a little confused.
This feeling of being concealed was really unpleasant.
Nicole couldn't do anything anymore. Looking at the time, it was already early in the morning.
She lay down and fell asleep.
The next morning, Nicole was awakened by the fragrance of food.
She got up and saw that Olivia was cooking in the kitchen.
"I have to record the video quickly. Otherwise, once the album is released and you become famous, it
won't be easy for me to eat the food you cook."
Olivia rested all night and was in a much better state. Hearing Nicole's teasing, she smiled and said,
"Then you have to hurry up. I'll finish it in a moment. You have to photograph me well, and I'll post it on
Twitter to show everyone how good I am."
"Okay. I promise I'll record the video carefully."
Nicole took out her phone and recorded a video, then sent it to Olivia.
"Alright. Let's have breakfast."
Olivia brought up the food.
Nicole washed her hands and sat down to have breakfast.
"I'll go to the studio later, but I'll still go through the back door. I'm afraid there will be reporters and fans
around."
Nicole thought a lot, so Olivia listened to her.
"Okay. I will do as you said."
She had no objections.
Cara also sat down to have breakfast.
After the three women tidied up, Laurence had arrived.
When they arrived at the Fortune Building again, there were many people surrounding the door and all
of them were Zayn's female fans.
Nicole glanced at them and whispered, "How long will Zayn stay here?"
"I don't know. It shouldn't be too long. He's here for cameo appearance. I heard that there's an
announcement in the afternoon, so it shouldn't be too long."
Olivia could tell that Nicole was not interested in Zayn.
To be honest, if it weren't for the differences between Nicole and Samuel, perhaps Nicole wouldn't have
gone out at all.
Olivia patted her shoulder and whispered, "Don't worry. I'll take care of you. Zayn would have no
chance to do something. Besides, Michael won't allow anyone to send the video out anymore. That
Eleanore has been fired. She should have left City B now."
Speaking of Eleanore, Nicole did not think too much about it. That woman got what she deserved, so
she did not need to sympathize with Eleanore.
The two of them got out of the car through the back door and directly entered the elevator.
Unfortunately, they met Zayn in the elevator.
"Did you eat? I bring breakfast here."
Zayn was very friendly, but Nicole was not interested.
"Thank you. We did."
"Zayn, you can finish recording this morning, right?"
Olivia sounded unkind, as if she was driving Zayn away.
Nicole frowned slightly.
Olivia was a rookie. If Zayn deliberately made things difficult for her, Olivia's future would not be easy.
Thinking of this, Nicole hurriedly tugged at Olivia and whispered, "Zayn, you have too many female
fans. We are all rookies, so we really don't dare to ride on the wave of you. You are busy. We would
cooperate with you as much as possible to get things done in the morning, okay?"
Although these words were humble, Nicole still meant that Zayn had to hurry up and leave. However, it
was much better than Olivia's words.
Zayn had been very popular since he entered the entertainment industry. Now that he had been
disliked by Olivia and Nicole, he was a little doubtful of his personal charm.
"What else can I say?"
"Thank you."
Nicole laughed.
Zayn looked at her smile and was stunned for a moment, but he also nodded, not showing any signs of
getting angry.
Olivia looked at Zayn thoughtfully and pulled Nicole as far away from him as she could.
When they arrived at the studio, Olivia and Nicole entered, while Zayn stayed outside because of a
phone call.
Leave the things that offend people to me. You are a person who will work in the entertainment
industry. If you offend big shot like Zayn, have you ever thought about the consequences?
"I see. I did not think too much."
Olivia naturally knew that Nicole was doing it for her own good.
Seeing that Olivia understood it, Nicole stopped talking.
The two of them entered the studio and did not see Eleanore. Olivia felt much more comfortable.
Michael saw them coming and chatted with them about music. He found that Nicole was a very
talented woman of great attainments in music, so he couldn't help but feel somewhat happy.
"Shall we do it again?"
"Okay."
Nicole's humble attitude made Michael even fonder of her.
A team began to work together.
When Zayn came in, he saw that Nicole had started playing. She was much more proficient than
yesterday. He can tell that Nicole did practice when she went back.
Nicole had a kind of quiet beauty, which made her even more charming.
Zayn's eyes turned red as he watched.
When Zayn turned around, he heard his phone ring. He subconsciously glanced at it. The text
message on it caused Zayn's eyes to narrow slightly.
Zayn held the phone tightly in his hand, and his eyes flashed. When he looked at Nicole again, he no
longer appreciated her music. There was a trace of complicated emotions in his eyes.
Nicole really wanted to ignore Zayn's gaze, but his gaze made her feel a little uneasy.
At this moment, the string of zither suddenly broke, and the string hit Nicole in the face. Instantly, Nicole
cried out because of the pain. Even though she dodged quickly, she was still injured. A bloody scar
instantly appeared on Nicole's face.
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