Chapter 75


    Mr. Riddle Sr., who was sitting in the head seat, frowned when he saw Karen’s behavior. He said coldly,


    “Karen, sit down.” Dillion knew Mr. Riddle Sr. hated people arguing during mealtime the most, so he


    quickly pulled the unwilling Karen to sit down. Nicole sat down next to Norah, and both Samuel and


    Spencer looked past Norah to greet Nicole.


    When Norah saw her brothers being so affectionate to Nicole, she intentionally said in a low voice to


    Nicole, “Honestly, you are a littlete. Didn’t we finish ss hours ago?”


    Though her voice was not loud, it was not soft either. So everyone at the table could hear her


    condemning Nicole. Nicole arched her eyebrows as she was already used to Norah setting her up.


    She then smiled menacingly, “I bumped into Jared after school, and he treated me to a meal.”


    Though she had paid for her food, Jared did not ept a cent from her as if he was waiting for her to


    show a guilty depression. But she did not see anything wrong with how she had rejected eating with him,


    so she just epted his treat and left. She thought back about Jared’s expression and found him rather


    interesting. Nicole smiled yfully, unaware that everyone was already stunned after listening to what


    she had said.


    “What? Jared…treated you to a meal?” Karen was extremely surprised.


    Though they were all aware that Mr. Riddle Sr. told Nicole about the engagement with Jared, they did not


    expect Jared to be interested in a country bumpkin like her! Snow, who was sitting across from her, said


    bitterly, “Nicole, no one is ming you for beingte. You don’t have to say such a far-fetched excuse.”


    Snow seemed soft and gentle, but she was actually insulting Nicole, saying that she was lying. Nicole


    smiled and took a sip of her juice. “You can ask Jared if you don’t believe me.” At that moment,


    everyone’s face went pale. Where could they get the courage to ask Jared? It was said that Mr. Johnston


    Sr.’s dear grandson was making high demands as soon as he returned from overseas. Everyone in the


    Johnston Group followed his orders, and his position in San Joto was untouchable. Although Mr.


    Johnston Sr. and Mr. Riddle Sr. were friends, the Riddle family was not close to Jared. How could they


    have the right to ask him about his personal matters? Mr. Riddle Sr. was ecstatic at that moment. He


    already knew that Nicole was a truthful person, so he smiled warmly at her. “It seems like Jared is really


    into you. You’ve got to get along well with him, okay?”


    Mr. Riddle Sr. still had no idea about Nicole wanting to break off the engagement, but Nicole did not want


    to mention it either.


    When Nicole saw theplicated expressions on their faces, as well as the proud expression on her


    parents’ and her brothers’ faces, she smiled yfully and kept quiet. “Alright, let’s start eating. Though


    you’ve already eaten, Nicole, please stay back and eat some food with us,” Mr. Riddle Sr. weed


    Nicole happily.


    “Sure.” Nicole nodded.


    Norah’s eyes were filled with loath when she saw that Nicole was getting the spotlight once again.


    She had gotten even more jealous when she thought of Jared treating Nicole to a meal… Ever since the


    day she knew that the café belonged to Jared, she had been an avid customer in hopes of bumping into


    Jared. However, she had not even seen him once! Today was the day Norah did not visit the shop, and


    Jared treated Nicole to a meal on this same day! Nicole was heartbroken whenever she thought of the


    possible changes to the cancetion of their engagement.


    The engagement with Jared should have belonged to her! She would not let Nicole take it away from her!


    Everyone started to eat happily, and her third uncle and his wife were sitting across from Nicole. They


    would have small talk with Nicole from time to time, so Nicole had quite a good impression of them.


    When Karen saw them and Nicole’s parents treating Nicole so well, she was filled with resentment.


    Back then, everyone would praise her son and daughters whenever the whole family gathered together.


    Now, everyone’s attention was on Nicole.


    When they were almost done with their meal, Karen purposely turned to ask, “I heard Nicole went to stay


    on campus to pay attention to her studies. How is she performing in school?”


    When Nicole’s academic performance was brought up, Mr. Riddle Sr. was slightly curious as well, so he


    did not interrupt her.


    Snow saw the chance and grabbed it as she smiled and nced at Nicole. “Norah is in ss B, junior


    year. She should know Nicole’s performance better than anyone else.” Norah was taken aback as she


    did not expect Snow to throw the question back to her.


    She could feel her parents and her brothers were all looking at her. Norah bit her lips as she knew she


    could not talk ill about Nicole in front of them, so she could only sneak a few nces at Raine. Then, she


    put up a wronged expression and said, “Nicole… I don’t know what to say.” Raine sneered when she


    looked at Norah, who did not dare to speak. “If you’re afraid to say it, I’ll say it. Nicole got famous as


    soon as she got into school and was always a hot topic on the school forum. They were saying that she


    was in a rtionship with multiple guys and had even


    beaten a boy to the point where he got admitted into the hospital!” Her voice was sonorous, as if she was


    desperate to expose Nicole in front of everybody! When Mr. Riddle Sr. heard her, his eyes immediately


    turned cold as he looked at Nicole.” Nicole, is Raine telling the truth?”


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    But Nicole’s face remained still as she fearlessly stared right back at him. “Grandpa, all of these came


    from nowhere. The people in school have nothing to do, so they’ll just fabricate stories to spread


    rumors.”


    Raine saw Nicole looking at herself, and Nicole’s eyes showed that she had already seen through Raine.


    But how could Raine admit that Nicole had startled her with her eyes? She then yelled, “Are you still


    defending yourself? Everyone in the school forum is saying that you’re bullying my sister after you’re


    crowned the beauty queen. Not only this, you’re even bullying people because you have Austin’s help.


    Celia’s boyfriend is in the hospital because he was beaten up by you! You even hit the seniors who were


    inspecting your dorm! Grandpa, Nicole’s name is tarnished in school. She haspletely humiliated the


    Riddle family!” Raine was getting excited as she spoke, desperate to list out every bad thing that Nicole


    did!


    Norah was ted when she heard Raine shouting! Who asked Nicole to be so cocky? Great, now every


    single thing she did was exposed! Let’s see how Nicole could still stand in the Riddle family!