Nicole could not care less about Snow and Raine. After the meal, she turned on the screen of her
phone to send a text message.
[I’m going back to the campus.]
[I’ll pick you up.] the other side replied at once.
Nicole looked at the reply with a smile in her eyes, as if she felt his eagerness.
[Okay.]
Then, she tucked the phone back into her pocket before she got up and said goodbye to Mr. Riddle Sr.
and others. “Grandpa, Jared is picking me up. I’ll go back to the campus.”
“Okay, enjoy your time together.” Mr. Riddle Sr. looked at Nicole with a smile. He would be happy to
see Nicole spend her time with Jared-the longer, the better.
Nicole nodded and then turned and left.
She saw a car pulled up in front of her with Jared inside as soon as she stepped out of the gate of the
Riddle Mansion.
He looked at her and smiled with his eyes narrowed. “Have you missed me these past few days?”
Nicole smiled.
“Yes.”
Jared saw the bright smile on her lips, beautiful and enchanting. “It looks like you miss me a lot. But
why didn’t you text me?” He had only received one text message from her in the past few days.
Nicole was startled for a second as if not expecting this question. “Didn’t you say you’d be busy?”
He did not know what to say upon hearing her answer. Jared felt his chest tight with a sense of
disappointment,
“I said I would be busy, but not to the point of not being able to answer calls or read messages. You’ve
never sent me a single text message. How cruel.”
It was he who made the initiative to contact her all this while, but for the past few days, he had
deliberately tried to see if she would contact him. Jared waited and was disappointed; she never made
the first move.
Claus looked at Nicole with a thoughtful look in his eyes. ‘Jared cares so much for her he even
questions a girl why she hasn’t texted him.’
Nicole sighed. “Okay, I’ll text you next time.” She was highly self-restrained and did not like to bother
others. But she understood it when Jared told her.
He felt much better upon hearing her reply. He brought her into the car and drew her into his arms
while ignoring if Claus was looking. “I miss you.”
Jared cared so much about a woman for the first time. Claus told himself to concentrate on driving and
kept his eyes looking dead ahead.
Nicole smiled. “I miss you, too.” Then she reached to hug him.
Jared’s exhaustion over the past few days had finally eased. What he cared about most was Nicole.
Nicole glanced at Jared and pondered for a moment. “Has the Johnston family given the pressure on
my grandpa?”
Jared frowned and looked at her.
“What?”
“My grandpa said today that he wished we would get engaged sooner.”
Jared was surprised, but then he thought of something and laughed. “Someone must be desperate.”
“Who?” Nicole frowned.
“My second uncle.” Jared’s face darkened. “He doesn’t know who you are, just thinking that you are
just another girl from the Riddle family.”
His second uncle wished to have Jared and Nicole get married so that Jared would not have a
marriage arrangement with other families, and they would not be afraid of him anymore.
Not knowing Nicole’s true identity and what she was capable of, they thought they had made the best
bet. Little did they know Jared would get a treasure if he married Nicole.
“Oh? So what do you think?” Nicole asked rhetorically.
Jared could not help but smile. “Of course, I want to marry you as soon as possible, but it must be I
who proposes.”
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