Even Nicole turned to look towards the direction where Victor was looking, only to feel like crying instantly.

She could clearly see the amount of animosity grandpa’s eyes held for Victor, and it wasn’t hard to deduce that grandpa had already recognised that it was Victor for whom she was crazy in love.

She instantly started walking away from Victor, worried that she might leave him in trouble. But guess it was already too late as grandpa himself started walking towards Victor’s direction.

She quickly turned her direction, arriving exactly in front of grandpa, with Victor behind her.

“Hehe grandpa, I forgot to compliment you. You look really very nice today.” Nicole said with an awkward smile.

“Thank you.” Grandpa said in a monotonous voice, looking straight at Victor, as if he was trying to bore a hole in his body.

“Ohh I forgot! I haven’t greeted grandma yet. Why don’t you accompany me to meet her.” Nicole asked, scratching her head.

But this time, lady luck had definitely decided to ditch her.

“You are Victor, right?” Grandpa asked Victor directly, ignoring Nicole who was standing right in front of him.

Victor nodded his head before speaking.

“Yes Mr. Evans, I am Victor.” He replied in a firm tone.

“If you don’t mind, can we have some talk? Maybe in the garden?” Grandpa said, his tone still emotionless.

“Yeah, sure.” Victor said while Nicole turned to look at him, wide eyed.

‘You could have said no and rejected grandpa? Are you that eager to court death? No wait a minute, he will definitely tell the truth to grandpa. Which means I am dead, not him. God!! Why do you always go against me? Are you avenging me for deeds from my last life?!!’ Nicole thought while crying internally.

“Grandpa, wait. You can not take him away without asking me. This is pure cheating!” Nicole exclaimed, unfortunately drawing attention from all the members present.

‘Why am I so dumb? Grandpa and Victor were talking in low voices so none of them were paying attention. Why the hell did I shout?! Nicole, you deserve to be punished, idiot!!’ Nicole literally cursed herself for her foolishness.

Victor simply looked at Nicole, as if waiting for her to clear up the mess she had created.

“Hehe everyone, please carry on with your conversations. I was merely having a friendly chat with grandpa. Please don’t mind us.” Nicole said in a flustered tone while waving her hands, an action which was seen by Victor.

He had felt a weird emotion when she had done the same in office, but now he understood why this was happening.

This was how Anna used to act when she would be utterly embarrassed, speaking in a meaningless tone with her flushed cheeks while waving her hands in a no sign.

He now understood why he had felt that foreign yet similar feeling after watching Nicole.

“Friendly chat? Blaming me saying that I cheated is definitely not how someone sane would describe as friendly chat.” Grandpa said, not letting go of the chance to lecture Nicole.

“Grandpa, I didn’t mean it that way. Sorry for speaking like that. It’s just that things between me and Victor are still complicated. Thus I don’t want others to get involved in our drama. That’s it.” Nicole said honestly, trying to clear the situation.

“But he has already agreed to talk with me. Why are you stopping us then? If he doesn’t have any problem with talking to me, why do you interfere?” Grandpa asked.

“This isn’t fair grandpa. You are definitely going to talk about me with him. So I definitely have the right to stop you two.” Nicole said, her tone a little complaining.

“What do you think, Victor?” Grandpa said, directly asking Victor for his opinion.

“Let’s have a talk Mr. Evans. I actually need to talk with you.” Victor said.

Nicole instantly turned back again, not believing what Victor had said. She literally joined her hands, begging for Victor to not go with grandpa while her eyes couldn’t look any more pleading.

“Let’s go then.” Grandpa said while turning around, ignoring his granddaughter, while Victor just expressionlessly looked at Nicole before following behind grandpa.

‘Maybe I was born with all the bad luck this world had to present. Dear ground, isn’t it time for you to open up and suck me whole inside so that I can preserve my remaining dignity? What will grandpa and grandma think of me after this? And what about Victor? God, can you not just once, literally once be on my side? Please give some brains to Victor so that he won’t completely embarrass me in front of grandpa. Let him tell the truth but in some professional way. Please please please god!! I will treat him to a luxurious meal, but please let him be a little subtle while making my complaints and revealing the truth.’ Nicole literally thought all this while watching the two men leave the hall.

“Nicole.” Suddenly Nicole heard someone call her, and she turned around.

She felt glad to see that it was none other than Kizy, her saviour.

“Kizy this time I am totally done for!” Nicole exclaimed after finding a source to lament.

“What exactly happened right now?” Kizy asked, knowing something huge was about to happen.

She had heard Nicole exclaim, and was about to walk right here when suddenly Mary had asked her to bring a few things from their room.

And by the time she came back, she only saw grandpa leaving the hall, with a ramrod straight Victor following behind him.

“I am doomed!!” Nicole exclaimed.

“First tell me what happened.” Kizy said, wanting to know the exact problem so that she could.solve it.

“Grandpa recognised Victor while we were talking. He directly came over and asked if he could go out with him to talk. And guess what? Victor agreed!” Nicole said, still cursing her bad luck.

“Wait a minute. You said Victor agreed?” Kizy asked again.

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Hope you all are healthy and doil well. Good day!!

– Kizy