Norah gritted her teeth quietly as her resentment of Nicole grew even more. Sean was really busy. He headed back to his office right afterward. Gloria dragged Nicole into a room that faced east on the second floor. The corner of Nicole’s mouth twitched when she saw everything inside the room was rose pink, very girly. “We don’t know what you like, but thinking that you are also a girl, we asked Norah for advice, and she chose many things here for you.” Gloria’s eyes were filled with tenderness when talking about Norah. “Ahem.” Daniel was afraid that Nicole would think too much and quickly signaled to Gloria. Gloria came to her senses and became cautious when she spoke. “Do you like it?” Nicole had never been picky about these things. Just that things were a little over the top for her, but she still accepted their kindness. “Thank you.” Gloria was relieved that her daughter still liked it, so she followed up and continued. “Those gifts on the table are from your other br
After all, there was a vast difference between the quality of education in small towns and San Joto. Mr. Riddle Sr. frowned upon hearing that. Gloria had a point. What good teachers could a school in a small town have? Mr. Riddle Sr. took a deep breath, put down his teacup, and looked at Daniel with a serious face. “Arrange a school for Nicole as soon as possible. The children of the Riddle family should not be left behind.” Nicole raised an eyebrow slightly as she could tell that Mr. Riddle Sr. was bold in his decision and quick in action, which was a trait she liked. It was just that things like grades were… Just then, Daniel had already made a guarantee. “I know, Dad. I will arrange it.” Mr. Riddle Sr. nodded and looked at Nicole again. “I know the quality of education in small towns is not ideal, but all my grandchildren are in the top five of the grades in every exam. You can’t let me down, you know?” Seeing that Mr. Riddle Sr. cared so much about results, Nicole had
If Nicole successfully entered the high school of Royal Creek Institute, she would be a sophomore just like her. What if they were in the same class? The thought of these made Norah sick. “Don’t worry; I won’t let Dad and Mom worry about it. I can get into Royal Creek Institute by myself,” Nicole responded indifferently. “What?” Norah was stunned. “How do you get in by yourself?” She was just a high school student from the countryside, and she said she could enter Royal Creek Institute? Was it not that she was just bragging? “You don’t have to worry about that.” It was tiring to communicate with such a person. Nicole's smile faded from her face, and she went straight upstairs. Norah looked at Nicole's back, her eyes full of indignation. “I would want to see how you, a country girl, could get into Royal Creek Institute.” The next day was the weekend. Nicole got up early to go for a morning run. This was her habit for many years. After the morning run, she found a quiet p
“You found nothing you like? I think this one is not bad.” Gloria immediately came over to show her a piece of dress. Norah was jealous that her mom went away as soon as Nicole called her. So, when she saw the clothes in their hands, she went over to them with a plan. “Mom, this dress looks wonderful, but it is too expensive. Besides, not everyone will look good in it.” So, was Norah insinuating that she did not look good enough to wear that dress? Nicole cocked an eyebrow and said, “I am not so fond of a dress like this, but since you have said so, I have got to try it.” “Okay, try it.” Gloria’s eyes lit up as she instinctively knew that this dress suited Nicole, and so she hurriedly urged her. Norah did not expect Nicole to say that, and she felt upset at the moment. This hillbilly really dared to try. Nicole took the dress and disappeared into the fitting room. It was not long before she drew open the door curtain and appeared in this gorgeous dress. She was used to
Norah was really upset, her teeth almost sinking into her lip. But she had to put up a fake gentle smile as she followed behind the two. When they arrived home, the three of them noticed a luxury car that they had never seen before parked up in front of the door. Feeling curious, Gloria entered the house with her two daughters and saw a well-dressed man sitting across Daniel. Even if the man was not facing them directly, his extraordinary charm made it impossible for people to take their eyes off him. Norah had never seen such a good-looking man before. She rushed up to Gloria and said, “Mom, who is that person?” Gloria shook her head and walked in. “Hey, Daniel.” When Daniel saw Gloria and his daughters, he quickly got up and introduced them. “Jared, this is my wife, and this is my younger daughter.” As Daniel introduced Nicole to Jared Johnston, the affection on his face was plain to see. Norah was waiting for Daniel to introduce her, but Daniel did not even spare her
Nicole keenly caught a glimpse of the determination in the man’s eyes and suddenly realized that he was seizing the opportunity of her return and came to sound her out, and encouraged her to withdraw the marriage arrangement. It seemed that he did not want this marriage either. Just that Mr. Johnston Sr. refused, and so he came to dissuade her from agreeing to this marriage. Nicole frowned slightly. She did not like to be manipulated, and hated being used even more. “The Johnston family is prominent in San Joto, and Mr. Johnston, you are older than me. It is inappropriate for a little girl like me to cancel the marriage arrangement, and it is going to make the Johnston family look bad.” Nicole called herself a little girl, but her composure did not look like an eighteen-year-old at all. Jared looked sideways at Nicole but only met with her unfathomable eyes, his heart trembling inexplicably as if he had been seen through by this precocious little girl. That was interesting.
Upstairs, Nicole had taken a shower and gotten changed, finally getting a moment of peace. With nothing to do, she turned on her computer. After fiddling with the normal Windows interface for a while, a mysterious window popped up, revealing a list of The Hunter jobs inside. Looking at the list of jobs, a head portrait flashed in the private chat window. She clicked open it and saw the teammate codenamed Specter talking to her. [Lucifer, you have been offline for many days. Where have you been?] [Just living a few days of normal life,] Nicole calmly replied. [You have been on the wanted list online. I can’t believe that you can still enjoy a normal life.] Specter showed her a few screenshots. While she was away for the past few days, someone had pinned an order at the top, and she was the target. [Isn’t that common?] Nicole smirked, not taking it seriously. In the dark web called The Hunters, whether it was The Hunters Union or a lone Hunter, it was common to offend someo
Half an hour later, Sean drove them and arrived at grandpa's place. Mr. Riddle Sr. and his three sons- and daughters-in-law had already arrived. When they saw them entering, the second daughter-in-law, Karen, could not help but smile triumphantly. “Daniel, Gloria, have you two been very busy lately? You are making us wait.” “I am sorry, Karen. The traffic was a little bad today.” Gloria squeezed a smile. She would endure it all for Nicole’s sake. Nicole studied Karen with a frosty face and did not greet her. When Karen’s eyes met hers, Karen felt a chill run up her spine. Nicole was just a brat. What was she afraid of? Thinking of this, she scoffed and said, “So this is your child that had gone missing for years? She indeed looks a bit like her brothers. But have you done the DNA test? Don’t mix up again this time.” Hearing Karen open the old wounds of his parents, Sean frowned and said, “Aunt, what you said is a bit too much.” Leaving Nicole wandering outside all these y